 | 1873 - 892 pàgines
...part of the Prince's song in the " Princess ;" — Why lingereth she to clothe her heart wiih love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green? This is a very striking comparison, happily expressed, and besides serving its immediate purpose, corrects... | |
 | 1873 - 736 pàgines
...part of the Prince's song in the " Princess ; " — "Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " This is a very striking comparison, happily expressed, and besides serving its immediate purpose,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 pàgines
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? Oh, tell her, swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the south, But in... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 pàgines
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself,...in the South, But in the North long since my nest was made. O tell her, brief is life, but love is long. And brief the sun of summer in the North, And... | |
 | 1874 - 1002 pàgines
...his verse. Among many examples, are given these of trees. " The rosy plumelets tuft the larch." — " Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ; " A million emeralds break from the ruby-budded lime. " Below, the chestnuts when their buds Were... | |
 | 1874 - 752 pàgines
...Lincolnshire tree, and noticed elsewhere by the poet for its backwardness in coming into leaf : — " Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green." And again, — " Black as the ash-buds in the Iront of March." The " quarry," trenched along the chalk... | |
 | 1874 - 800 pàgines
...part of the Prince's song in " The Princess : " " Why lingercth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " This is a very striking comparison, happily expressed, and, besides serving its immediate purpose,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1874 - 612 pàgines
...Lincolnshire tree, and noticed elsewhere by the poet for its backwardness in coming into leaf : — " Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green." And again — "Black as the ash-huds in the front of March." The " quarry," trenched along the chalk... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 pàgines
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. " Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green t "O tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wantoain the South, But in the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pàgines
...Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. ,,Why lingereth she to clothe her heart (with love, Belaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all...her, I do but wanton in the South, But in the North longsincemy nest is made. ,,O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And brief the sun of summer... | |
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O, were I thou that she might take me in, And lay me on her bosom, and her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died! Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green? 
