 | Charles Lamb - 1876 - 740 pages
...speaking of sweet garden scenes : What wondrous life is this I lend ! Ripe appjes drop about my bead. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do...nectarine, and curious peach. Into my hands themselves do teach. C C. Stuml ling on melons,-as I pass. Insnarcd with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...fair trees ! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine I'pon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach.... | |
 | William Collins - 1877 - 104 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Rips apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wiiie; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...speed, Nbt as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life in this 1 lead! Ripe apples drop about ray head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | 1889 - 472 pages
...Man-ell's "The Garden," of the spirit of which this stanza will give a fair idea : "What a wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass." Another, and a very charming selection is Praed's " Quince,"... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...talk of fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes : — What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 pages
...coat, Spread thy ambrosial stores, and feast with Jove. Thomson, Summer. FRUIT. WHAT wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head : The...themselves do reach : Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Andrew Marvell. FUTURE STATE. THE prospect of a future state... | |
 | Kansas State Horticultural Society - 1880 - 496 pages
...pleasantly illustrated by Andrew Marvell. Singing of the "Garden," he says.: " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head; The...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass." The love of horticulture also affords an index of character.... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...death — man's life is done. ANDREW MARVELL. l62O — 1678. THE FLOWER-DIAL. WHAT wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons as I pass, Insnared with flowers I fall on grass ; Meanwhile, the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness.... | |
 | Kansas State Horticultural Society - 1880 - 496 pages
...pleasantly illustrated by Andrew Marvell. Singing of the "Garden," he says : " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head; The...themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass." The love of horticulture also affords an index of character.... | |
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What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with... 
