 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 sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And...  Home Ballads - Page 321865 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 302 pages
...nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; • Then soon with the emblem of...from the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound Ducket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive... | |
 | George Kingsley - 1849 - 214 pages
...glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell, Then soon with the emblem of truth o'erflowing, And dripping with coolness it rose from the well,...bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. DUETT. THE SPELLS OF HOME Page 56. 2d & 3d verses. By the sleeping ripple of the stream, Which hath... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1849 - 634 pages
...exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature cau yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled...the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with cooluess, it rose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim-to receive it, At poised on the... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 pages
...cataract fell ; The cot of r.-y 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-covered bucket, which hung in the well. 2 That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure — How ardent I seized it... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1849 - 80 pages
...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-covered bucket, that hung in the well. 8. Energetic Address. Advance, ye future generations ! We would hail you, as... | |
 | Elias Nason - 1850 - 126 pages
...ardent I eiezed it with hands that were glowing. And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell, And soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping...The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket, The moss-cover'd bucket arose from the well. 3 How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As pois'd... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 164 pages
...cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung o'er the well — The old oaken bucket, The iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket that hung o'er the well. That moss-covered bucket I hail as a treasure ; For often at noon, when returned... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1850 - 88 pages
...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-covered bucket, that hung in the well. 8. Energetic Address. Advance, ye future generations ! We would hail you, as... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...nature can yield. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth...it. As poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips ! Xot a full, blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1851 - 646 pages
...exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature cau yield. How ardent I seized it, with hind« that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled...And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim-to receive it, Ai poised on the curb it inclined to my lips ! Not... | |
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