| Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...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...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 overflowing1, And... | |
| 1843 - 758 pages
...well I The old,oaken bucket, the iron-bonnd bucket, The moH,covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss,covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For...pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. Hnw ardent I seized it, with hands tSat were glowing, And quick to the white, pebbled bottom it fell... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...which hung in the well. That moss-cover'd vessel I hail as a treasure, For often at noon, when return'd from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite...How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, How quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...which hung in the well. That moss-cover'd vessel I hail as a treasure, For often at noon, when return'd from the field) I found it the source of an exquisite...How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, How quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...hung in the well. That moss-cover'd vessel I hail as a treasure, For often, at noon, when return'd from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite...How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, How quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, The... | |
| New York (N.Y.) - 1844 - 400 pages
...well. The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure, For often at noon, when return'd from the I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature... | |
| William Russell, John Goldsbury - Elocution - 1845 - 300 pages
...well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, that hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For...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 overflowing, •And... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...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...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 overflowing, And... | |
| Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...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...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 overflowing, And... | |
| Thomas Ewbank - Pumping machinery - 1846 - 646 pages
...midst of a dry discussion, as a draught of the sparkling liquid to a weary traveller of the desert.1" That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For...exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature cau yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom... | |
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