 | 1849 - 604 pages
...heart « Would rock the snowy cradle, till I died ! ' Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself,...' O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And britf the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. ' O Swallow, flying... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 pages
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. ' Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself,...woods are green ? ' O tell her, Swallow, that thy hrood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South But in the North long since my nest is made.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...heart Would rock the snowy cradle, till I died ! " Why liugereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " О tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pages
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. ' Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? ' 0 tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South But in... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1852 - 358 pages
...sometimes wish that she were a little less independent. "Why ling'reth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying, as the tender ash delays, To clothe herself when all the woods are green ?" The days go by in quiet happiness ; but no particular incident of mark has signalized them, and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 326 pages
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. " Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " 0 tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in... | |
 | Anson De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - 336 pages
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died ! "Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green ? " 0 tell her, swallow, that thy brood is flown ; Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in... | |
 | 1860 - 568 pages
...the oak to precede the ash, corroborating to a certain extent the testimony of the poet : — • " The tender ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green." The substratum here is magnesian limestone, but my remarks are borne out by the experience of a friend... | |
 | 1860 - 586 pages
...found the oak to precede the ash, corroborating to a certain extent the testimony of the poet : — " The tender ash delays To clothe herself when all the woods are green." The substratum here is magnesian limestone, but my remarks are borne out by the experience of a friend... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 468 pages
...her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died. " Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green ? " 0 tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in... | |
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O, were I thou that she might take me in, And lay me on her bosom, and her heart Would rock the snowy cradle till I died! Why lingereth she to clothe her heart with love, Delaying as the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green? 
