 Thick fogs that float from beds of mud beneath, Caves from whose depth redoubled echoes rise, And rock to rock in circling shout replies. Now when the sun beneath the realms of night Dark winter drives, and robes the heavens with light, The bees o'er...  The Georgics of Virgil - Page 97by Virgil - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virgil - Agriculture - 1830 - 348 pages
...lawn and wood Sweep, and light sip the summit of the flood. Hence with unusual joy in fondling mood 65 Cling to their nests and rear their cherish'd brood,...With wondrous art their waxen toil renew, And thicken in the hive the honied dew. Lo ! from their cells when swarms through ether stream, And float at noon... | |
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1834 - 314 pages
...lawn and wood Sweep, and light sip the summit of the flood. Hence with unusual joy in fondling mood 65 Cling to their nests and rear their cherish'd brood,...With wondrous art their waxen toil renew, And thicken in the hive the honied dew. Lo ! from their cells when swarms through ether stream, A.nd float at noon... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...winter drives, and robes the heavens with light, The bees o'er hill and dale, from flow'r to flow'r, In grove and lawn the purple spring devour, Sip on...fondling mood Cling to their nests, and rear their cherish 'd brood, With wondrous art their waxen toil renew, And thicken as they hive the honied dew,... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...winter drives, and robes the heavens with light, The bees o'er hill and dale, from flow'r to flow'r, In grove and lawn the purple spring devour, Sip on...plumage in th' undimpled wave. Hence with unusual joy in loud ling mood Cling to their nests, and rear their cherish'd . brood, With wondrous art their waxen... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...winter drives, and robes the heavens with light. The bees o'er hill and dale, from flow'r to flow'r, In grove and lawn the purple spring devour, Sip on the wing, and. lightly bursting, lave Their airy plumage in its undimpled wave. • **•*• Ah, fav'rite scenes ! but now... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...winter drives, and robes the heavens with light The bees o'er hill and dale, from flow'r to flow'r, In grove and lawn the purple spring devour, Sip on the wing, and, lightly bursting, lave Their airy plumage in its undimpled wave. ****** Ah, fav'rite scenes ! but now with... | |
 | William Peter - 1856 - 590 pages
...winter drives, and robes the heavens with light, The bees o'er hill and dale, from flow'r to flow'r, In grove and lawn the purple spring devour, Sip on...and lightly brushing lave Their airy plumage in th' xmdimpled wave. Hence with unusual joy in fondling mood Cling to their nests, and rear their cherish... | |
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