 Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shuddered, and their pulse beat low; And as they looked, they found...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 1371866Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 pages
...waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the loaves that blew, But their limbs shuddered and their pulse...And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. " Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield ; Her apron dyed... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 pages
...simple vassals mickle woe; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shnddered, and their pulse beat low, And as they looked they...And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not, may conceive) A lifeless phantom near a garden placed, So doth it wanton... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1879 - 300 pages
...curl the leaves that blew But their limbs shudder'd, and their pulse beat low ; And, as they look'd, they found their horror grew And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view." The CHESTNUT1 is an Asiatic tree, which has for many centuries been cultivated in Europe. The leaves... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 pages
...waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe : For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shuddered, and their pulse...And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. Near to this dome is found a patch so green, On which the tribe their gambols do display; And at the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1880 - 272 pages
...curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shudder'd and their pulse beat low ; And as they look'd they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view." It seems, perhaps, more pleasant to look back upon the material than the moral aspect of the country.... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shudder*d and their pulse beat low ; Aud as they look'd W 4 So have 1 seen (who has not, may conceive) A lifeless phantom near a garden placed ; So doth it wanton... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shuddered, and their pulse...And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not, may conceive) A lifeless phantom near a garden placed ; So doth it wanton... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...waving branches flow: And work the simple vassals micklc woe ; For not a wind might curl the ¡eaves / gre\v. And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. ****** NTear to this dome is found a patch... | |
 | Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem - 1883 - 934 pages
...curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs tOimlilrr'il, and their pulse beat low, And as they look'd, they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view." Doubtless, the toughness and elasticity of the twigs of the birch made them, before the introduction... | |
 | 1886 - 564 pages
...waving branches flow And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew But their limbs shuddered and their pulse...grew And shaped it into rods and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not may conceive) A lifeless phantom near a garden placed ; So doth it wanton... | |
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