 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
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1877 - 478 pages
...fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden-scenes : What wondrous life is this I lead ! Eipe apples drop about my head : The luscious clusters...themselves do reach : Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass : Meanwhile the miud, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its... | |
 | William Collins - 1877 - 104 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Rips apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wiiie; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.) - 1877 - 240 pages
...with a resistless smile, came forth to do thee homage. 29. Our English archers bent their bows. 30. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. QUESTIONS ON §§ 9 — 14. 1. What is a simple subject? 2. Of what kinds of words may a simple subject... | |
 | Children's literature - 1889 - 472 pages
...mentioned Andrew Man-ell's "The Garden," of the spirit of which this stanza will give a fair idea : "What a wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass." Another, and a very charming selection is Praed's " Quince,"... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...wondrous life i,- this I lead 1 Ripe apples drop about my bend. The luv inn- clusters of the vine Vpon erfection, which they have not. I gain nothing by being with such as шу imii'U themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I puss, Insnared with flowers I fall on grass.... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - English literature - 1880 - 396 pages
...strip thee of thy tufty coat, Spread thy ambrosial stores, and feast with Jove. Thomson, Summer. FRUIT. WHAT wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Andrew Marvell. FUTURE STATE. THE prospect of a future state is the secret comfort and refreshment... | |
 | Kansas State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1880 - 496 pages
...productions of horticulture is pleasantly illustrated by Andrew Marvell. Singing of the "Garden," he says : " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...as I pass Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass." The love of horticulture also affords an index of character. Buckle, in his "History of Civilization,"... | |
 | Kansas State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1880 - 496 pages
...productions of horticulture is pleasantly illustrated by Andrew Marvell. Singing of the "Garden," he says.: " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...as I pass Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass." The love of horticulture also affords an index of character. Buckle, in his •"History of Civilization,"... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1880 - 582 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...their wine ; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into ray hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 528 pages
...CC What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of a vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine,...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... | |
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