 And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - Page 280by Simpkin Marshall & Co. - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Samuel Greg, Walter (fict.name.) - Children - 1870 - 168 pages
...— " ' And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare...wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree ? " ' So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem amid... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, Holly leaves their sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful us the holly tree ? A TRAGIC STORY. 87 So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...Tree. 30 And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, 35 What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen Wut thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable...resolved I am ; Wrestling, I will not let thee go holly-tree ? So, serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem, amid... | |
 | Flower language - 1873 - 182 pages
...Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare...woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem amid the young and... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 378 pages
...day. " And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves a sober hue display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare...woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree ? So, serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would I seem among the young... | |
 | Preaching - 1871 - 780 pages
...perfect day. "And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves a sober hue display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare...wintry woods we see,, What then so cheerful as the Holly-Tree? " So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would I seem among... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...Holly-Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly-leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare...wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly-Tree? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem amid the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 826 pages
...when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves a sober hue display Ix'Ss bright than they, But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would I seem amid the young and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 724 pages
...Holly-tree. C. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly-leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they, But when the bare and...wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree ? — 7. So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem,... | |
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