 | 1889 - 472 pàgines
...mentioned Andrew Man-ell's "The Garden," of the spirit of which this stanza will give a fair idea : "What a wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass." Another, and a very charming selection is Praed's " Quince,"... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pàgines
...wondrous life i,- this I lead 1 Ripe apples drop about my bend. The luv inn- clusters of the vine Vpon erfection, which they have not. I gain nothing by being with such as шу imii'U themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I puss, Insnared with flowers I fall on grass.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 582 pàgines
...so, Only that she might laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...their wine ; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into ray hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pàgines
...CC What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of a vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine,...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pàgines
...she might laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. VOL. IL C c What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of a vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 pàgines
...she might laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. VOL. II. C c What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of a vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1881 - 472 pàgines
...mottoes more touching than tombstones. It was a pretty device of the gardener, recorded by Marvell, Nvho, in the days of artificial gardening, made a dial out...my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my moutli do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling... | |
 | Theodore Ledyard Cuyler - 1881 - 606 pàgines
...old poet of Puritanism. They lead also to that "Garden" about which he penned this exquisite poem. "What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach: Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass, "Here at this fountain's sliding foot, Or at the fruit tree's... | |
 | 1881 - 222 pàgines
...so Only that she might laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pàgines
...so Duly that she might laurel grow: And Pan did after Syrinx speed Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall ou grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
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What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers,... 
