 To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.  Woodnotes: For All Seasons - Page 451842 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope,...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessed Bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place ; That is fit... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pages
...did I often rove Through wood> and on the green ; And thou vert still a hope, a love • Still longed for, never seen. " And I can listen to thee yet, Can...And listen till I do beget That golden time again," THE GILDED CUCKOO.* THIS beautiful bird inhabits the country above the Cape of Good Hope, being extremely... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee often did I rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope,...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessed bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial fae'ry place, That is fit home... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...The same whom in "my school-boy days 1 listen'd to ; that Cry To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope,...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessed bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, fairy place That is fit home... | |
 | 1861 - 182 pages
...a thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. TO THE CUCKOO. To seek thee, often did I rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love, Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain, And listen till I do... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still longed for, never seen ! And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wcrt still a hope, a love ; Still long'd for, never seen....And listen till I do beget That golden time again. Wordsworth. THE THRUSHES AND THE ANGLER'S TREE. SING, sweet thrushes, forth and sing ! Meet the morn... | |
 | 1862 - 610 pages
...is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : ' " And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again." Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1862 - 88 pages
...think, is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1862 - 88 pages
...think, is our great poet by his gift and promise ; — in one of his stanzas to the Cuckoo, we have : And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain...And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. Here the lyrical cry, though taking the simple ballad-form, is as grand as the lyrical cry coming in... | |
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