 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 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,...South But in the North long since my nest is made. V* " O tell her, brief is life, but love isy-, long, ff And brief the sun of summer in the\? North,... | |
 | 1883 - 462 pàgines
...Fraxinus utilis hastis."— OVID MET. " And ash far stretching his umbrageous arms." — COWPER. " As the tender ash delays to clothe herself When all the woods are green."— TENNYSON. In the north of England and Scotland the ash is a much more prominent feature in the landscape... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 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,...her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown: Say to her, I dn but wanton iu the South, But in the North long since my nest is made. "O tell her, brief is life,... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pàgines
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. "Why lingereth she to clothe her heart witli love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself,...the South, But in the North long since my nest is " O tell her, brief is life, but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pàgines
...her heart Would rock the snowv 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? О tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown ; Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1887 - 508 pàgines
...heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. "Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love. ing as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are greeu ? "O teN her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Bay to her, I do but wanton in the South, But... | |
 | Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1888 - 452 pàgines
...south. And dark, and true, and tender is the north. Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with IUTC, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green? Oh, Swallow, flying from the golden woods. Fly to her, and pipe and woo ner, and make And tell her,... | |
 | L. T. Meade - 1891 - 314 pàgines
...South, And dark and true and tender is the North. " Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1891 - 300 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? " 0 tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown: Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in the... | |
 | Henry Arthur Bright - 1891 - 144 pàgines
...light of waxen blossom. The Elms came next, the Limes, the Beeches, and then the Oaks. Yet still " the tender Ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green," and is all bare as in mid-winter. This, however, if the adage about the Oak and the Ash be true, should... | |
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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? 
