| John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving, make it ask ! Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee : Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness,...Betwixt the tufts of snow, on the bare branch Of mossy apple tree, while all the thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw ; — whether the eave-drops fall Heard only... | |
| Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 536 pages
...shall be sweet to thee ; Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch • Smokes in the sun-thaw ; whether the eave-drops fall Heard only in the trances... | |
| William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 414 pages
...redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow in the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw ; whether the eave-drops fall, Heard only in the traces of the blast ; Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles Quietly... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...shall be sweet to thee. Whether the summer clolhe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-dropt fall Heard only in the trances of the... | |
| Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1840 - 392 pages
...shall be sweet to thee : Whether the summer clothe the genial earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow, on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree." "Nought shall prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...Teacher ! he shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask. Of mossy apple-free, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall Heard only in the trances of the blast, Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles,... | |
| Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eayedrops fall Heard only in the trances of the... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast ppy work ! Which not even critics criticise ; that hold« Inquisitive attention, whi the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw ; whether the evedrops fall, Heard only in the trances of the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...«hall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast gent p $ the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw ; whether the ercdrops fall, Heard only in the trances of the... | |
| American periodicals - 1894 - 854 pages
...shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw ; whether the evedrops fall Heard only in the trances of the... | |
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