 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
 | 1875 - 588 pages
...Members of tfje NOVEMBER, 1875. ODDS AND ENDS OF WEATHER WISDOM AND FRAGMENTS OF FOLK LORE. AUGUST. ' 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.' Andrew Marrcll. As July owes its name to Julius Caesar, so... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 pages
...among the plants will grow. Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 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...hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I p5ss, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...your barks I wound, So name shall but your own be found. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ki|ie apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnarvd with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...so, Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Notjis a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...their wine ; * »•» The nectarine, and curious pcacli. Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...your barks 1 wound, No name shall but your owii be found. What wondrous life is this I lend ! Ri[ie apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious iieach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnaivd with flowere, I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead! Iîipe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; snow The neetarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...so Only that she might laurel grow : And Pan did after Syrinx speed Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vino Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...speaking of sweet garden scenes : What wondrous life is this I lend ! Ripe appjes drop about my bead. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do...nectarine, and curious peach. Into my hands themselves do teach. C C. Stuml ling on melons,-as I pass. Insnarcd with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...beauties her exceed! fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine I'pon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach.... | |
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