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" Deeply ripened ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell, But long lashes veiled a light, That had else been all too bright. "
The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With Some Account of the Author. In Four ... - Page 276
by Thomas Hood - 1861
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Forget Me Not: A Christmas, New Year's and Birthday Present

1827 - 492 pages
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Forget me not; a Christmas and new year's present. (Ed. by F. Shoberl).

1827 - 480 pages
...eyes her tresses fell — Which were darkest none could tell ; But long lashes veil'da light Which had else been all too bright ; And her hat with shady brim Made her forehead darkly dim : Thus she stood among the stooks, Praising God with her sweet looks. Sure, I said,...
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The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies: Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and ...

Thomas Hood - 1827 - 180 pages
...corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell, But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her...tressy forehead dim ; — Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks : — Sure, I said, heav'n did not mean, Where I reap thou...
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The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies: Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and ...

Thomas Hood - 1827 - 240 pages
...blackest none could tell, But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. N 3 181 And her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead...amid the stocks, Praising God with sweetest looks : < — Sure, I said, heav'n did not mean, Where 1 reap thou should'st but glean, Lay thy sheaf adown...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell ; But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her...stood amid the stocks Praising God with sweetest looks : — Sure, I said, heav'n did not mean, Where I reap thou should'st but glean ; Lay thy sheaf adown...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly

Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell ; But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her...stood amid the stocks Praising God with sweetest looks : — SHK's up and gone, the graceless girl ! And robh'd my failing years ; My hlood hefore was thin...
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Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices

Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell ; But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her...tressy forehead dim ; — Thus she stood amid the stooks Praising God with sweetest looks : — Sure, I said, heav'n did not mean, Where I reap thou...
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Mirror Library, Issues 1-31

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 716 pages
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Serious poems

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 310 pages
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Prose and Verse, Volumes 1-2

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell, But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her...amid the stocks, Praising God with sweetest looks : — Sure, I said, heav'n did not mean, Where I reap thou shouldst but glean, Lay thy sheaf adown...
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