twas my joy With store of springes o'er my shoulder hung To range the open heights where woodcocks run Among the smooth green turf. Through half the night, Scudding away from snare to snare, I plied That anxious visitation; — moon and stars Were shining... Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks - Page xxiiiedited by - 1857 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1851 - 1220 pages
...to sport. A naked savage, in the thunder shower." Ere he had "told ten birth-days," it was his joy " To range the open heights where woodcocks run Along the smooth green turf." One does not readily think that woodcocks are the most poetical objects at which " the young idea"... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1857 - 230 pages
...description given by the great Poet of the Lakes of his favourite boyish sport : — " Ere I had told " Ten birth-days, when among the mountain-slopes " Frost,...woodcocks run " Along the smooth green turf. Through balf the night, <: Scudding away from snare to snare, I plied '• That anxious visitation; — moon... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1859 - 432 pages
...mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 't was my joy, With store of springes o'er my shoulder hung, To range the open heights where woodcocks rup Along the smooth green turf. Through half the night, Scudding away from snare to snare, I plied... | |
| Henry Allon - 1850 - 632 pages
...told Ten birth-days, when among the mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store...smooth green turf. Through half the night, Scudding from snare to snare, I plied That anxious visitation ; — moon and stars "Were shining o'er my head.... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store of springe* o'er my shoulder hung To range the open heights where...run Along the smooth green turf. Through half the . '•» il ' night, Scudding away from snare to snare, Implied « u ; i That anxious visitation;—moon... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...told Ten birth-days, when among the mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store...Along the smooth green turf. Through half the night, S mdding away from snare to snare, I plied That anxious visitation ; — moon and stars Were shining... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...told Ten birth-days, when among the mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store...half the night. Scudding away from snare to snare, 1 plied That anxious visitation ; — moon and stars Were shining o'er my head. I was alone, And seemed... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...among the mountain slopes Frost, and the hreath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal erocus, 'twas my joy With store of springes o'er my shoulder hung To range the open heights where woodeocks run Along the smooth green turf. Through half the . ^! I , Sendding away from snare to snare,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1881 - 732 pages
...told Ten birth-days, when among the mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store...shoulder hung To range the open heights where woodcocks Along the smooth green turf. Through hal the mght, Scudding away from snare to snare, I plied That... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1882 - 520 pages
...told Ten birth-days, when among the mountain slopes Frost, and the breath of frosty wind, had snapped The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy With store...o'er my shoulder hung To range the open heights where woodeocks run Along the smooth greeu turf. Through half the night, Scudding nway from snare to snare,... | |
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