 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, Ensnared with flowers,...  Old Portraits and Modern Sketches - Page 100by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 386 pages
...awkwardly, I hope, in a talk of fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes : — What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...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.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...talk of fountains and sun dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes. " What wondrous life is (his I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. . The luscious...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.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - 380 pages
...awkwardly, I hope, in a talk of fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes : — What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...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.... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 408 pages
...Only that she might laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. lA What wond'rous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...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... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 420 pages
...And Fan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wond'rous life is this I lead I Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 374 pages
...laurel grow ; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a seed. What wondrous life in this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The...Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine, the curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1857 - 564 pages
...in awkwardly, I hope, in a 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 luscious clusters of the viive Upon my mouth do crash their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 pages
...Fair trees! where'er your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. 4 What wondrous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious...as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. 5 Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness. The mind, that ocean where each... | |
 | Susan Warner, Anna Bartlett Warner - 1860 - 528 pages
...appeal Mr. Linden answered by deliberately finishing his poem aloud, for the benefit of the company. " ' What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop...Upon my mouth do crush their wine. 'The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 pages
...your barks I wound, No name shall but your own be found. 4 What wondrous life in this I lead! Eipe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush theft- wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons... | |
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