And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That's the wise... English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892). - Page 5521916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 352 pages
...in his " Homethoughts from Abroad," never tuned his lyre to sweeter words than when he sang : — " Oh ! to be in England, Now that April's there : And...England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 366 pages
...in his " Homethoughts from Abroad," never tuned his lyre to sweeter words than when he sang : — " Oh ! to be in England, Now that April's there : And...England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 pages
...together, Makes sweet May of Winter weather. young, HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD By Robert Browning I JH, to be in England now that April's there, And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! II And after April, when May follows, And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1901 - 1190 pages
...it, proffer'd to, spent on ! 729. Home-thoughts, from Abroad O to be in England J Now that April 's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning,...England — now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossom'd pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| Arthur Stanley - 1901 - 408 pages
...Europe ring— Because his soul was great. Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. LXX HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD O, to be in England, Now that April's there, And whoever...leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows— Hark ! where... | |
| Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - 1902 - 386 pages
...flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ; And then my heart with pleasure fills, HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD Oh, to be in England, Now...England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows — Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1902 - 598 pages
...quick, he said : " I'm killed, Sire ! And his chief beside, Smiling the boy fell dead. HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD Oh, to be in England now that April's...England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1902 - 472 pages
...BROWNING tion (except in Pauline and a few scattered illustrations) to the scenery of his own country : Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...England — now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 772 pages
...April, April, , But the moment after, ¥ Weep thy golden tears! WILLIAM WATSON. r April in England Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...England — now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1902 - 486 pages
...contribution (except in Pauline and a few scattered illustrations) to the scenery of his own country : Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge... | |
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