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" Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music sweet as love, which overflows her bower: Like a glowworm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which... "
Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People - Page 317
by Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 558 pages
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1863 - 982 pages
...grass, which screen it from the Like a rose embower'd In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflower'd, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much...thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. Teach...
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The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Volume 5

James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...which screen it from the view. Like a rose embower'd In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflower'd, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal sheers On the twinkling gu.ss, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh,...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...sweet these heavy-winged thieve* 12. Sound of vernal showers on the twinkling grass, Rain-awaken'd flowers, all that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. 13. Teach us, sprite or bird, what sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard praise of love or...
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Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader, Volume 9

1864 - 402 pages
...which overflows her bower : Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from...: Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Bain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. Teach...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...which overflows her bower. Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view. Like a rose embower'd In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflower'd, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with...
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Beauties of Modern British Poetry: Systematically Arranged ...

David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...which overflows her bower: Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from...scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy- winged thieves : Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All...
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1865 - 744 pages
...with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves. xn. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling gmss, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. XIIL Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never henrd Praise of love or...
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Outlines of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1865 - 496 pages
...all their delicacy, their purity and fervour, in the fresh strains of " our Father Chaucer:" — " Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was ,, Joyoue, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass! We have mentioned the anachronism of plan...
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Golden Leaves from the British Poets

John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...which overflows her bower : Like a glow-worm golden, In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass which screen it from...and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. Teach no sprite or bird What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphant...
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Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin

Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...which overflows her bower : Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from...scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-wingSd thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that...
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