 The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and...  The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio - Page 4by Henry Clapp - 1846 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Northend - 1856 - 276 pages
...it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well. The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, When, poised on the curb, it... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1857 - 710 pages
...draught of the sparkling liquid to a weary traveller of the desert. b That moss-covered vessel I bail as a treasure ; For often at noon, when returned from...the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to... | |
 | Howard Paul - 1857 - 144 pages
...rock where the cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-cover'd bucket, which hung in the well. That moss-cover'd vessel I hail as a treasure, For often... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pages
...yield. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well;— The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...where the cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the daily-house nigh it, And" e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well. The old oaken bucket, the...the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. . How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing. And quick to... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 pages
...rock wnere the cataract fell, The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And even the rude bucket which hung in the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, that hung in the well. Tt. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1905 - 808 pages
...where the cataract fell; The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well: The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss covered bucket, that hung in the well." If we honor the memory of our ancestors for the patience... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of trnth overflowing, And dripping with cooluess, it rose from the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it. As, pois'd on the curb, it... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...infancy knew ! The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well—• The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound...The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-cover'd vessel I hail'd as a treasure, For often at noon, when returned from the field, I found... | |
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