 | Robert Southey - 1823 - 258 pages
...leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, • All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so chearful as the Holly Tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...high leaves upon the holly-tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves their fadeless... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...green, The Holly leaves their fadeless hues display But when the bare and wintry woods we see, '^at then so cheerful as the Holly Tree ? Less bright than... | |
 | Great Britain - 1831 - 502 pages
...apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day , ,, • Would wear away, Till die smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. " And a* when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, • The Holly leaves their fadeless hues... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshmss show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...leaves upon the holly tree. And as when all the summer tret's are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...high leaves upon the hollytree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know. Some harshness show. All vain asperities, I day by day Would wear away, Till...of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the hollytree. And as when all the summer trees arc seen So bright and green The holly leaves their fadeless... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...their fadeless hues display Less bright than they; With all her little ones, a sportive train, To gather kingcups in the yellow mead, And prank their... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show. All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And ae, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves their fadeless hues display... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...harshness show, All vain asperities, I, day by day, \Vould wear away ; Till the smooth temper of my ago should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And, as, when all the summer trees are Been So bright and green, The holly leaves their fadeless lines display Less bright than they ; But... | |
 | 1838 - 950 pages
...leaves upon the holly-tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away ; Till...of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as, when all the summer-trees are seen So bright and green, The holly-leaves their... | |
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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. 
