Can make a scoff of its mean joys, and vent a nobler mirth ! But soft! mine ear upcaught a sound, — from yonder wood it came ! The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name ; — Yes, it is he ! the hermit bird, that, apart from all... The Paisley magazine Vol 1 - Page 372Full view - About this book
| 1830 - 462 pages
...vent a nobler mirth. " But soft ! mine ear up-caught a sound, from yonder wood it came, The spirit of the dim green glade, did breathe his own glad name....beads monotonous to the soft western wind ; Cuckoo ! Cuokoo ! he sings again, his notes are void of art, But simplest strains do soonest sound the deep... | |
| Great Britain - 1830 - 456 pages
...and vent a nobler mirth. " But soft! mine car up-caught a sound, from yonder wood it came, The spirit of the dim green glade, did breathe his own glad name....he, the hermit bird, that apart from all his kind, Sluw spells his beads monotonous to the soft western wind ; Cuckoo! Cuckoo! he sings again, his notes... | |
| Great Britain - 1830 - 458 pages
...sound, from yonder wood it came, rv spirit of the dim green glade, did breathe his own glad name. To, it is he, the hermit bird, that apart from all his kind, 4»«r spells his beads monotonous to the soft western wind ; ¡ j-koo! Cuckoo! he sings again, his... | |
| William Motherwell - English poetry - 1847 - 338 pages
...and vent a nobler mirth. But soft ! mine ear upcaught a sound, from yonder wood it came ! The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name...soft western wind ; Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! he sings again, —r- his notes are void of art, Good Lord ! it is a gracious boon for thought-crazed wight like me,... | |
| 1847 - 796 pages
...and vent a nobler mirth. But soft ! mine ear upcaught a sound, from yonder wood it came ; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name...beads monotonous to the soft western wind ; Cuckoo 1 Cuckoo ! he sings again, — his notes are void of art, But simplest strains do soonest sound the... | |
| Ireland - 1853 - 1074 pages
...THE MERRY SUMMEU MONTHS. But soft ! mine ear upcaught a sound, from yonder wood it came; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name...monotonous to the soft western wind; Cuckoo! Cuckoo I he sings again— his notta are void of art, Hut simplest strains do wxjnest sound the deep founts... | |
| Ireland - 1853 - 528 pages
...and vent a nobler mirth. But soft! mine ear upcaught a sound, from yonder wood it came; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name;— Yes, it is he I the hermit bird, that apart from all his kind, Slow spells his beads monotonous to the soft western... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...vent a nobler mirth. But soft ! mine ear upcaught a sound — from yonder wood it came ; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name....bird, that apart from all his kind, Slow spells his bends monotonous to the soft western winds. Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! he sings again — his notes are void... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...vent a nobler mirth. But soft ! mine ear upeaught a sound — from yonder wood it came ; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name....Slow spells his beads monotonous to the soft western winds. Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! he sings again — his notes are void of art. But simplest strains do soonest... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 478 pages
...vent a nobler mirth. But soft ! mine ear upeaught a sound— from yonder wood it came ; The spirit of the dim green glade did breathe his own glad name....Slow spells his beads monotonous to the soft western winds. Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! he sings again — his notes are void of art. But simplest strains do soonest... | |
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