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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,... "
Essays of Elia - Page 92
by Charles Lamb - 1835 - 412 pages
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Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a Nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its...
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

1821 - 724 pages
...fountains and sundials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness....
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, hogs, dens, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 11

Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a Nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of....themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. - Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a Nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a Nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, ), Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 6

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...field. tíiltan. Aabces Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In dusters. Id. Paradise Latí. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. Manea. There with their clasping feet together clung. And a long cluster from the laurel hung. Dry...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden-scenes : What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...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 happiness....
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden-scenes : What wondrous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their win:. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in this I lead I Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands ihermelves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'is, I fall on grass. Mean while...
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