 On panting wings through the inclement skies, Lest owls should prey Undazzled at noonday, And tear with horny beak their lustrous eyes. Where are the blooms of Summer ? — In the west, Blushing their last to the last sunny hours. When the mild Eve by...  Poems - Page 145by Thomas Hood - 1846 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1823 - 732 pages
...sunny hours, When the mild Eve by sudden Night is prest, Like tearful Proserpine — snatch'd among flow'rs To a most gloomy breast: Where is the pride...Summer — the green prime — The many, many leaves wind-wanton ? — Three On the moss'd elm — three on the naked lime Trembling — and one upon the... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1841 - 586 pages
...the west, Blushing their last to the last sunny hours, When the mild Eve by sudden Night is press'd Like tearful Proserpine, snatch'd from her flow'rs...Summer, — the green prime, — The many, many leaves al! twinkling? — Three On the moss'd elm; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the... | |
 | Flowers - 1847 - 392 pages
...these are parts of his ways : hut how little a portion is heard of him!"* NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. " "Where is the pride of Summer— the green prime,...many many leaves, all twinkling? — Three On the nioss'd elm ; three on the naked lime, Trembling, — and one upon the old oak tree 1" — HOOD. We... | |
 | 1852 - 820 pages
...we all read, sings drearily of this declension of human power, the stripping of the earth's bravery. Where is the pride of Summer — the green prime—...The many, many leaves all twinkling? Three On the moised elm; three on the naked lime Trembling, and one upon the old oak trecl Alone, alone, Upon a... | |
 | Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham - Sermons - 1852 - 390 pages
...read, sings drearily of this declension of human power, this stripping off of the earth's bravery. " Where is the pride of Summer, — the green prime,...The many, many leaves all twinkling ? Three On the mossed elm ; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the old oak-tree ! Alone, alone, Upon... | |
 | Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham - Sermons - 1852 - 384 pages
...read, sings drearily of this declension of human power, this stripping off of the earth's bravery. " Where is the pride of Summer,— the green prime, — The many, many leaves all twinkling 1 Three On the mossed elm; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the old oak-tree ! Alone,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...Where are the blooms of Summer .' In the West, Blushing their last to the last sunny hours, When th« mild Eve by sudden Night is prest, Like tearful Proserpine,...is the pride of Summer — the green prime — The merry, merry leaves all twinkling ? — there On the moss'd elm ; there on the naked lime Trembling—... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...hours,When the mild Eve by sudden Night is prest Like tearful Proserpine, snatched from her Bowel's To a most gloomy breast. Where is the pride of Summer,...the green prime, The many, many leaves all twinkling 1 — Three On the mossed elm ; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the old oak tree... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...dying maid forlorn, And from thy glance will catch th' inspired strain. SIE EOERTON BEYDGES, 1762-1867 AUTUMN. I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless...is the pride of Summer — the green prime — The merry, merry leaves all twinkling ? — there On the moss'd elm ; there on the naked lime Trembling... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...hours, When the mild Eve by sudden Night is prost, Like tearful Proserpine, snatched from her flowers To a most gloomy breast. Where is the pride of Summer,...many, many leaves all twinkling ? — Three On the mossed elm ; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the old oak tree ! Where is the Dryad's... | |
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