 Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood. Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe...  The North British review - Page 4711860Full view - About this book
 | 462 pages
...genius so striking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...worth a descent from Olympus to meet ; Tis as if a rm ;h oak that for ages had stood, With hisgnarleu bony branches like ribs of the wood, Should bloom,... | |
 | 1851 - 318 pages
...you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, S0 earnest, so graceful, so solid, so fleet, Is worth...struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and wrathe ; His strength is BO tender, his wildncss so meek, That a suitable parallel srts one to seek... | |
 | 1854 - 524 pages
...so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe ; His strength is so tender, his wildness so meek, That a suitable parallel sets one to seek, — He's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 pages
...so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet ; "1'is as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, \Vith his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the... | |
 | 1854 - 604 pages
...so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet ; "Pis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches, like ribs of the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pages
...genins so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe; His strength is so tender, his wildness so meek, That a suitable parallel sets one to seek,— He's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 pages
...so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there ; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet; "Pis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood,... | |
 | 1861 - 580 pages
...so shrinking and rare, That you hardly, at first, see the strength that is there, A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...so fleet, Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet. 'T is as if a rough oak, that for ages had stood, With his gnarled, bony branches, like ribs of the... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1861 - 612 pages
...you hardly, at first, see the strength that is there, A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, 80 earnest, so graceful, so solid, so fleet. Is worth a descent from Olympus to meet. 'T is as if a rough oak, that for ages had stood, With his gnarled, bony branches, like ribs of the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pages
...genius so shrinking and rare That you hardly at first see the strength that is there; A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet, So earnest, so graceful, so...and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe; His strength is so tender, his wildness so meek, That a suitable parallel sets one to seek,— He's... | |
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