 And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise...  The Blodgett Readers by Grades - Page 221by Frances Eggleston Blodgett, Andrew Burr Blodgett - 1910Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops, at the bent spray's edge. That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields are rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's... | |
 | 1892 - 848 pages
...the thrush in the tree above seems likely to go sweetly mad in the energy of its melodious chanting. The wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest...never could recapture The first fine careless rapture. Here too, however, the gentle words, " For charity's sake, signore," somehow soon got whispered through... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...thehedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops, at the bent spray's edge. That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields are rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children'«... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 668 pages
...on their way to ruin. From what work is the quotation ! Lucís. THE POET'S FLOWERS : BOTTERCUPS.— And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew. The buttercups, the little Children's dower. ' Home Thoughts, from Abroad.' What does Browning mean... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! HOME-THOUGHTS,... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! BOBEKT... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the hent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew, The buttercups, the little children's dower. Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! EGRERT BRowNIXQ.... | |
 | American essays - 1884 - 882 pages
...of the woods, or what seemed like si1 "That's tiie wise thrush: he sings each song twice over, Lent you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture 1 '' lence, was really impressive. The chewinks and field sparrows were singing, but it was like the... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops— at the bent spray's edge — That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! ROBERT... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1862 - 804 pages
...the gem of the piece," Lancelot added, — " the tribute to the mavis. 1 That's the wise thrash— he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...never could recapture The first fine careless rapture ! ' But Browning," he went on, " is not an English poet. He has lived in Italy until he has forgotten... | |
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