Hence these shades Are still the abodes of gladness ; the thick roof Of green and stirring branches is alive And musical with birds, that sing and sport In wantonness of spirit; while below The squirrel, with raised paws and form erect, Chirps merrily. The Flowering Plants of Great Britain - Page 124by Anne Pratt - 1855Full view - About this book
| American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...Fell, it is true, upon the unsinning earth, But not in vengeance. Misery is wed .' To guilt; and hence these shades are still the abodes Of undissembled...wantonness of spirit ; while, below, The squirrel, with rais'd paws and form erect, Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the glade Try their thin wings, and... | |
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...vengeance, (iod hath yoked to guilt Her pale tormentor, miseiy. Hence, these shades Are still the abodes of gladness, the thick roof Of green and stirring branches...form erect, Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the shade Try their thin wings, and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...vengeance. God hath yoked to guilt Her pale tormentor, misery. Hence, these shades Are still the abodes of gladness, the thick roof Of green and stirring branches...form erect, Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the shade Try their thin wings, and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...green and stirring branehes is alive And musieal with birds, that sing and sport • 94 BKVANT. | ^ In wantonness of spirit ; while below The squirrel, with raised paws and form ereet, Chirps merrily. Throngs of inseets in the shade i Try their thin wings, and danee in the warm... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...unsinning earth, But not in vengeance. Misery is wed To guilt. And hence these shades are still the abode« Of undissembled gladness : the thick roof Of green...Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the glade Try then- thin wings, and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...not in vengeance. Misery is wed To guilt. And hence these shades are still the abodes Ol undiesembled wilh birds, that sing and eport In wantonness of spirit ; while, below, The squirrel, with raised paws... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...vengeance. God hath yoked to guik Her pale tormentor, misery. Hence, these shades Are still the abodes of gladness ; the thick roof Of green and stirring branches...form erect, Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the shade Try their thin wings and danoe in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...unsinning earth, To guilt. And hence these shades are still the abodes But not in vengeance. Misery is wed Of undissembled gladness; the thick roof Of green...alive And musical with birds, that sing and sport The squirrel, with raised paws and form erect, In wantonness of spirit; while, below, Try their thin... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...yoked to guilt Her pale tormentor, misery. ' Hence, these shades Are still the abodes of gladness j the thick roof Of green and stirring branches is alive...form erect, Chirps merrily. Throngs of insects in the shade Try their thin wings and danoe in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees... | |
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...because of his companionship with murmuring pines, and hemlocks bearded with moss. To them alike ' The thick roof Of green and stirring branches is alive And musical with birds ; ' while ' The gray old trunks, that high in heaven Mingle their mossy boughs,' give to them both... | |
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