 And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities, I, day by day, Would wear away ; Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree.  Metrical Tales and Other Poems - Page 174by Robert Southey - 1805 - 201 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 pages
...Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holy Tree. Would wear away, ' And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...green, The Holly leaves their fadeless hues display But when the bare and wintry woods we see What then sa chearful as the Holly Tree ? Less bright than... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...fadeless hues display Less bright than they, But when the hare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree? mechanical and irresistible... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...Would wear away ; Till smooth the temper of my age should be, Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And, as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves their faded hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so... | |
 | 664 pages
...Would wear away ; Till smooth the temper of my age should be, Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And, as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves their faded hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so... | |
 | 1830 - 492 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly-leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly-tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree ! And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright...green, The Holly leaves their fadeless hues display But when the bare and wintry woods we see, '^at then so cheerful as the Holly Tree ? Less bright than... | |
 | 1831 - 502 pages
...away, Till die smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. " And a* when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green,...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree ? " So serious .should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; S»... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would... | |
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