twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run,... Prose Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 294by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866Full view - About this book
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...milder snn Does through a fragrant zodiac run : Aud, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its place? Can trouble live with April days, Ꮦ L ă ": 1881 Harper & Brothers" ! (Lljomas Stanley. Stanley (1625-1678) edited .cEschylus, wrote a creditable "History of Philosophy,"... | |
| 1881 - 222 pages
...To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, th' industrious bee, Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd,... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...To live in pan dise alone. 8 How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th" industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1881 - 472 pages
...plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs, this dial new, Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it wprks, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew. Of flowers and herbs, this dial new 1 Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd but with herbs and flowers... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we ! How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers? A DROP OF DEW. See, how the orient dew, Shed from the bosom of the morn, Into the blowing roses, (Yet... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers f ' ANDREW MABTXIA. HAPPY art them, whom God does bless. With the full choice of thine own happiness... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, frum pes Sargent its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 pages
...To live in Paradise alone ! How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new : Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned bat with herbs and flowers ! Wicked person ! I was over-charitable in forgiving his conceits. It is... | |
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