 I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth...  La Belle Assemblée - Page 501806Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...rapture paid; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name : Oh! by the vows of gentle sound, First breath'd upon this sacred ground; By all that love nath whisper'd here, Or beauty heard with ravish'd ear: As love's own altar honour me— Spare, woodman,... | |
 | 1866 - 524 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred ground ; By... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1866 - 506 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour ; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred ground ; By... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. As Love's own altar honour me, Spare, woodman, spare the Beechen-tree... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour, Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made ; And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower first spent its sweet and sportive hour, since youthful lovers in my shade their vows of truth and rapture made; and on my trunk's surviving frame carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, first breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | Henry Walker (F.G.S.) - 1871 - 160 pages
...glade, Under a broad beech's shade. The Faithful Shepherdta.— FLETCHER. Youthful lovers in my shade, Their vows of truth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carved many a long forgotten-name. The Seech Tree's Petition. — CAMPBELL. O Rosalind, these trees... | |
 | 1875 - 416 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent it« sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers In my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long forgotten name. Oh Ï by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...childhood in my pleasant bower First spent its sweet and sportive hour; Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture made, And on my trunk's surviving frame Carved many a long-forgotten name. Oh ! by the sighs of gentle sound, First breathed upon this sacred... | |
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