 OH, TO BE in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England -...  Public Speaking Today: A High School Manual - Page 94by Frank Cummins Lockwood, Clarence De Witt Thorpe - 1921 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...In Vishnu-land what Avatar ? HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. i. OH, to be in England now that' April 's there, And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning,...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! And after April, when May follows And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...un-a ware cliaf-iincli or-chard re-cap-ture dow-er melon 1. Oh to be in England ! Now that April 's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees some morning...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! 2. And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows, Hark ! where... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...vernal gales should gently play, To waft us on our homeward way. Miss Atkin. HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD. OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Bound the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 pages
...honour, and who has written lyrics which may take rank amongst the most exquisite in the language? — ' Oh, to be in England Now that April's there. And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' The second verse is too charming to leave unquoted : — ' And after April, when May follows, And... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...writers and singers. Moreover, at times, as in the following poem, his words are full of genuine music. OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds and all the swallows — Hark ! where... | |
 | mrs. John Francis Foster - 1876 - 260 pages
...all about children, in a book that is meant for your holiday time. . August 28<A, 1875. LETTY'S PLAN. Oh to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood shea,) Round the elm tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - 1877 - 292 pages
...for her coming. whittin April 10th, OH ! to be in England, Now that April 's there, And whoever walks in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 pages
...thought, Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. L HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows — Hark ! where... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 pages
...always was, so shall ever be ! HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. i. OH, to be in England Now that April 's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning,...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' iL And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where... | |
 | Picturesque science - 1880 - 302 pages
...oaks throw out shoots in summer and autumn — Lammas), but of this Browning has made a beauty : " Oh, to be in England Now that April's there ! And...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England, now ! " The elm's caterpillar is that of the Tortoise-shell butterfly. And now for a story about the tree.... | |
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