 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,...  Poems - Page 165by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...talk of fountains and sun dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes. " What wondrous life is (his I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crash their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flow'ers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. W'hat wond'rous life in self To gain a hearing from a cruel father. Wrong'd Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 pages
...beauties her exceed ! Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and envious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insuared with flowers,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...Fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in modern scholar, ' It is astonishin;; how little obsoleto Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure leu Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in this 1 edatory expedition to Gad's Hill, where they first Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure leas Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1866 - 308 pages
...POETWIOHT IN BRITTANY. great that we are reminded of Andrew Marvell's "Garden." "The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, 1 fall on grass." Clisson is a small town about 20 miles south of Nantes, containing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...trees ! where'er your barks I wound. No name shall but your own be found. What wond'rous life in this 1 1 h 1 Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grase. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure lea Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 324 pages
...remembered by the quotations of that exquisite critic, Charles Lamb. How pleasant is this picture ! " 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 326 pages
...remembered by the quotations of that exquisite critic, Charles Lamb. How pleasant is this picture ! " 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... | |
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