 Humming-birds and honey-bees; For my sport the squirrel played, Plied the snouted mole his spade; For my taste the blackberry cone Purpled over hedge and stone; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the...  The Poetical Works - Page 237by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall. Talked with me from...horizon grew Larger grew my riches too ; All the world 1 saw or knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! Oh, for festal dainties... | |
 | 1897 - 404 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night. Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too; All the world I sawor knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy! О for festal danties spread,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...bending orchard trees, Apples of Hespcrides ! Still, as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too ; 888 All the world I saw or knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, Pewter spoon and bowl... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! 0, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, Pewter spoon and bowl... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 276 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day, and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! 4. O for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread,-— Pewter spoon and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread,— Pewter spoon and bowl... | |
 | 1853 - 322 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day, and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from...slopes beyond, Mine on bending orchard trees Apples of Hes perides ! Still as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too ; All the world I saw or knew Seemed... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...Purpled over hedge and stone ; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, l` n2 barefoot boy ! 0 for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and bowl... | |
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