 That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing! And quick...  Folk Songs - Page 89edited by - 1861 - 466 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...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'....a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now, far removed from the loved situation, The... | |
 | 1820 - 436 pages
...coolness, it rose from Ihe w«U. The old oaken bucket,— the iron bound bucket— The moss covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd on tin- curb, it incliu'd to my lip> , THE ACADEMICIAN. •Not a full Mushing jo>ilrt could... | |
 | 1821 - 154 pages
...How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it tell, Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And...old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — The moss covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...wen. glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of IrntJi overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from...moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green.mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the enrb it inclined to my lips; Not a full blushiug goblet... | |
 | 1823 - 400 pages
...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...moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green-mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips ; Not a full blnshing... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...How sweet from the green, mossy brim to receive it, Aa, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not a full, blushing goblet could tempt me to leave... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...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...with coolness, it rose from the well; The old oaken bucket—the iron-bound bucket— The moss covered bucket arose from the well. 3 How sweet from the... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,...a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now, far removed from the loved situation, The... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then POOH, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping...it rose from the well ; The old oaken bucket, the irun-hotind bucket. The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pages
...How ardent I si«z'd it with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And...coolness it rose from the well. The old oaken bucket, &c. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd on the cord, it inclin'd to my lips,... | |
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