 | England - Children's literature, English - 1844 - 506 pages
...thee bird, Or but a wandering voice ? "While I am lying on the grass, Thy loud note smites my ear ; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near! " The same which in my schoolboy days I listened to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...shall I саП thee Bird, Or bot a wandering Voice ! While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once...No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery ; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...New-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once...No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery ; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...and near ! 1 hear thee babbling2 to the vale Of sunshine and of flowers ; But unto me thou bring'st a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling...bird ; but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. 1 Some elegant lines on the same subject, by the Scottish poet, Logan, may be found in " Select Poetry... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1846 - 430 pages
...every bosom, and that, with eager anticipations, young and old are prepared to welcome its renewal. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou...bird : but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways, In... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Country life - 1846 - 256 pages
...recal! what sweet associations it awakens! " Thrice welcome, darling of the spring ! E'en yet them art to me No bird ;—but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery ! The same whom in my schoolboy days I listened to :—that cry Which made me look a thousand ways... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1848 - 264 pages
...shall I call thee Bird ? Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass Thy two-fold shout I hear. From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once...bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same, whom in my school-boy days 1 listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...whole air's space, As loud, far off, as near. Though babbling only to the vale, Of sunshine and or flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary...bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. The same whom in my schoolboy days I listen'd to; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush,... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...all about! To me no Babbler with a tale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou tellest. Cuckoo ! in a vale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, Darling of the...bird ; but an invisible Thing, A voice, a mystery. The same who in my schoolboy days I listened to; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways; In bush,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, That seems to fill the whole air's space, As loud far off as near. Though babbling only, to the Vale, Of sunshine...Bird : but an invisible Thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my School-boy days I listened to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In... | |
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Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery... 
