 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1866 - 724 pages
...To the Early Primrose, ILD offspring of a dark and sullen rire! .ose modest form, so delicately foe, Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds ; Thee, when young Spring Winter's sway, ,; And dared the sturdy blusterer to the igfc г Thee on this bank he threw, To mark... | |
 | william harrison - 1867 - 518 pages
...opening its tender elegance to nipping gale, unnoticed and alone, serene, the promise of the year : Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire, Whose modest...nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds ; t Early English Ballads : The Bonny Hind Squire. * Browne, British Pastorals, ii. 3. Î Lycidas.... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1868 - 360 pages
...gathered it—RALEIGH. Translate the following passage into Latin Alcaics :— To an Early Primrose. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms And cradled on the winds. Thee, when young Spring first questioned Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...weeping at the rough usage of the blustering March winds. Upon an early primrose, Kirke White says : — Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nurs'd in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds. Thee when young Spring first question'd Winter's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...My God, thy will be done !" TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE* Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! \Vhosc modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling...Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the light, Thee on this bank he threw, To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year,... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 pages
...Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hearest thou the groans that rend his breast ? BURNS TO THE PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...cradled in the winds. Thee, when young Spring first questioned Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw In... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869 - 88 pages
...is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No Winter in thy year. Logan. Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire .' Whose...Was nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the windb. Kirke White, Shall I, wasting in despair, Die becanse a woman "s fair ? Or my cheeks make pale... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1870 - 296 pages
...cloistered glooms should smile, And through the long, the fretted aisle TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. ILD oflspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so...cradled in the winds. Thee when young spring first questioned winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...May look to heaven as I depart. WILLIAM CULLBN BRYANT. flTHE EARLY PRIMROSE. MILD offspring of a dork rince, unable to amccal his pain, Gazed on the fair Who caused his care. questioned Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...smile, And through the long, the fretted aisle Should swell the note of praise. TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE. 1 MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest...nursed in whirling storms, And cradled in the winds, 2 Thee, when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight,... | |
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MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms And cradled in the winds. Thee, when young spring first questioned winter's sway. And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this... 
