... from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth... The West Virginia School Journal - Page 231901Full view - About this book
| Children - 1836 - 498 pages
...cataract fell -r The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rnde bucket which hung in the well ! The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned... | |
| Education - 1820 - 436 pages
...coolness, it rose from Ihe w«U. The old oaken bucket,— the iron bound bucket— The moss covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd on tin- curb, it incliu'd to my lip> , THE ACADEMICIAN. •Not a full Mushing jo>ilrt could... | |
| American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...to the white pebbled bottom it tell, Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well, The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — The moss covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd... | |
| 1822 - 496 pages
...to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of IrntJi overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well; The old oaken...moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green.mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the enrb it inclined to my lips; Not a full blushiug goblet... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...cataract fell; The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure, For often, at noon, when returned... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ! Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well — The old oaken...How sweet from the green, mossy brim to receive it, Aa, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not a full, blushing goblet could tempt me to leave... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...well; The old oaken bucket—the iron-bound bucket— The moss covered bucket arose from the well. 3 How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,...could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now, far removed from that loved situation, The tear of regret will intrusively... | |
| 1834 - 438 pages
...to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then POOH, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well ; The old oaken bucket, the irun-hotind bucket. The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well ! The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, -when returned... | |
| Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...oaken bucket, &c. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd on the cord, it inclin'd to my lips, Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Tho' fill'd with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now far remov'd from the lov'd situation, The tear... | |
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