 The Solitary Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; 0 listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing...  The Blue Poetry Book - Page 61edited by - 1892 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...a pleasure here ; And who buys sorrow cheapest takes An ill commodity too dear. CHARLES COTTON. THE With the ma@g2 groin, And sings a melancholy strain ; 0 listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...smooth she trips along, And never looks behind ; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single in the field,...overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chant So sweetly to reposing bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands : No sweeter... | |
 | English poetry - 1874 - 334 pages
...moved he like a shadow that performed Substantial service. WoRDSWORTH. r - S^S^SLmf^. ^..M^^m^^^' 227 THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain. Oh, listen ! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chaunt So... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - Scotland - 1874 - 378 pages
...was suggested to William by a beautiful sentence in Thomas Wilkinson's ' Tour in Scotland : ' 15 — Behold her single in the field, Yon solitary Highland...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain. Oh ! listen, for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound; No nightingale did ever chaunt So... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...sweetness with the thought Of travelling through the world that lay 25 Before me in my endless way. (1803.) THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her single in the field,...gently pass ! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, 5 And sings a melancholy strain. 0 listen ; for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - Readers - 1875 - 444 pages
...and feed her with all sweet things from open and caressing palms! — WHH Murray (abridged). LV. — THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single, in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; Oh, listen ! for the vale, profound, Is overflowing with the sound. 2. No nightingale did ever chant... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...wife." Even so they did ; and I may say That to sweet Ruth that happy day Was more than human life. THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her single in the field,...! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholv strain ; ••ft O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No nightingale... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my Love. C. Marlnvc ':'',''' * 3O* THE REAPER BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary...gently pass ! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, 5 And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...offense, or being abused for too much credulity. SIR MATTHEW HALE. LIIL— THE SOLITARY REAPER, 1. Behold her single in the field, Yon solitary Highland...and binds the grain. And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. 2. No nightingale did ever chant... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...May-morning : If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my Love. C. Marlowe *3o« THE REAPER BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary...travellers, in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the... | |
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