 To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.  The Land of Song - Page 41by Katharine Hamer Shute - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...Or but a wandering voice' ? 3. " The same that in my school-boy days I listened to — that cry — Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. 4. ' ' To see thee did I often rove 140 PART U. IV. THE SCRATCHERS OR POULTRY BIRDS (RASORES), OFTEN... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...invisible thing A voice, a mystery j The same whom in "my school-boy days 1 listen'd to ; that Cry To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on...green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still long'd for, never seen ! And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...invisible thing, A voice, a mystery ; The same whom in my school-boy days I listen'd to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee often did I rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love Still long'd for,... | |
 | Bookbinding, Victorian - 1861 - 182 pages
...invisible thing — A voice, a mystery. The same which in my schoolboy days I listened to ; that cry, Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. TO THE CUCKOO. To seek thee, often did I rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope,... | |
 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. The same whom in my schoolboy days I listened to ; tliat cry Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and tree,...often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wcrt still a hope, a love ; Still long'd for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet, Can lie upon... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 610 pages
...is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : ' " And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again." Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1862 - 88 pages
...think, is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Greek language - 1862 - 88 pages
...think, is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...invisible thing, A voice, a mystery ; The same whom in my school-boy days I listen'd to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree,...green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still long'd for, never seen ! And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...to; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways, The same whom in my school-boy days In bush, ai d tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through...the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still long'd for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do... | |
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