 A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns so fresh and green Between the hills so sheer. I like it not — I would the plain Lay in its tall old groves again.  The Recreation - Page 421843Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...old groves again. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground Or drop the yellow seed,...it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light, Their trunks in grateful shade, And herds of deer, that... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...shaggy hills about, The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground Or drop the yellow seed,...steeds, in trappings gay, Whirl the bright chariot on its way. Methinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods array'd, Their summits in the... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...old groves again. ' The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed...steeds, in trappings gay, Whirl the bright chariot over the way. ' Methinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...bright ehariot o'er the way. Methinlts it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light. Their trunks in grateful shade ; And herds of deer, that bounding go O'er rills and prostrate trees below. \ And then to mark the lord of all, The forest hero,... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...old groves again. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed, And prancing steeds, in trappings gay, Methinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light,... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...old groves again. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed,...it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed. Their summits in the golden light, Their trunks in grateful shade, And herds of deer, that... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...old groves again. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed,...it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light, Their trunks in grateful shade, And herds of deer, that... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...I would the plain The sheep are on the slcpes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed,...trappings gay, Whirl the bright chariot o'er the way. Mi-thinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light,... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...by mountains lie. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground Or drop the yellow seed,...steeds, in trappings gay, Whirl the bright chariot on its way. Methinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods array'd, Their summits in the... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...old groves again. The sheep are on the slopes around, The cattle in the meadows feed, And labourers turn the crumbling ground, Or drop the yellow seed,...trappings gay, Whirl the bright chariot o'er the way. Blethinks it were a nobler sight To see these vales in woods arrayed, Their summits in the golden light,... | |
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