Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh so close your circles lace, That I may never leave this place : But lest your fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain me too, And,... A Library of American Literature... - Page 39by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
| Charles Lamb - 1885 - 196 pages
...securer cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet— Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about,...too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain me too. And, courteous briars, nail me through. I was here as in a lonely temple.... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1885 - 296 pages
...excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — Bind me ye woodbine?, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ;...fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage bleak, Do you, O brambles, cham me too. And, courteous briars, nail me through,* I was here as in a... | |
| Edmund Gosse - Literary Criticism - 1885 - 260 pages
...than living man." He calls upon the woodlands of Nunappleton to save him from the noisy world:— " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about,...your circles lace That I may never leave this place." Again he says :— " How safe, methinks, and strong, behind These trees have I encamped my mind," and... | |
| Edmund Gosse - Classicism - 1885 - 266 pages
...than living man." He calls upon the woodlands of Nunappleton to save him from the noisy world : — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about,...your circles lace That I may never leave this place." Again he says : — " How safe, methinks, and strong, behind These trees have I encamped my mind,"... | |
| rev. t.g. bonney - 1887 - 324 pages
...great delight in his gardens. It was no doubt at Hall Barn that he wrote his quaint apostrophe : — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about, ye gadding vines, And, oh, so close your tendrils lace That I may never leave this place. But, lest your fetters prove too weak, And I your... | |
| Alfred Ainger - Biography & Autobiography - 1888 - 256 pages
...garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — • Bind me, ye woodbines, in yonr twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh...break, Do you, 0 brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briars, nail me through. 1 I was here as in a lonely temple. Snug firesides, the lowbuilt roof, parlours... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - English literature - 1888 - 658 pages
...garden-loving poet, — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And, O, so close your circles lace, That I may never leave...fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, I3o you, O brambles, chain me too, . / , // . i And, courteous briers, nail me through." J ; v WALTER... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1890 - 472 pages
...securer cincture of thftse excluding garden walla. I could have exclaimed with the garden-loving poet — Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about,...prove too weak. Ere I your silken bondage break, Do yon, 0 brambles, chain me too, Arid, courteous briars, nail me through.1 I was here as in a lonely... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1890 - 370 pages
...some tree its useless dart. And where the world no certain shot Can make, or me it toucheth not. " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about,...your circles lace That I may never leave this place I But, lest your fetters prove too weak Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 pages
...securer cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with the garden-loving poet — Bind me. ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh so close your circles Ince, That I may never leave this place ; But, lest your fetters prove too weak, Kra I your silken... | |
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