 There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,...  The Ladies' Companion - Page 1721857Full view - About this book
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...Bound each to each by natural piety. L THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ;— Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or... | |
 | John R. Vernon - 1867 - 338 pages
...the gladness of the old Spring days. "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem, Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pages
...forms, were then to me An appetite, a feeling, and a love. Meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, Through... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 160 pages
...of song Beneath the vault of heaven is blown!" SHELF.Er. " Meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream." WORDSWORTH. 0 this most pleasant and genial month, the month of leafy lanes... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pages
...Bonnd each to each by natnral plet > ." THERE was a time when meadow, grove, ami strcam, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore: — Tnrn wheresoe'er I may, By night or... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1903 - 578 pages
...has faded, so Wadsworth sings — ' 'There was a time when meadow, grove and stream; The earth and every common sight To me did seem Apparelled in Celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream; It is not now as it hath been of yore." How we pity the people who have lost... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.* THERE was a time when- meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it has been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...Bound each to each by natural piety. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1869 - 646 pages
...Platonism which the world has seen. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it has been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'cr I may, By night or day,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...natural piety. See vol. ip 166. I. THEBE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath heen of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
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