 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...of land. A pond before, full to the brim, 25 Where cows may cool and geese may swim; Behind, a green like velvet neat, Soft to the eye and to the feet,...od'rous plants in evening fair •Breathe all around ambrosial air; 30 From Eurus, foe to kitchen ground, Fenced by a slope with bushes crowned, Fit dwelling... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...And may my humble dwelling stand Upon some chosen spot of land. A pond before, full to the brim, 25 Soft to the eye and to the feet, Where od'rous plants in evening fair Breathe all around ambrosial air; 30 From Eurus, foe to kitchen ground, Fenced by a slope with bushes crowned, Fit dwelling... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans, Luther N. Duncan, George W. Duncan - 1913 - 380 pages
...of land; A pond before, full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim. Behind, a green, like velvet neat, Soft to the eye, and to the feet, Where odorous plants in evening fair Breathe all around ambrosial air. —MATTHEW GREEN. A CORN CLUB MEETING... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...of land ; A pond before full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim ; Behind, a green like velvet neat, Soft to the eye, and to the feet,...od'rous plants in evening fair Breathe all around ambrosial air, From Eurus, foe to kitchen-ground, Fenc'd by a slope with bushes crown'd, Fit dwelling... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 pages
...spot of land: A pond before full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim; Behind a green, like velvet neat. Soft to the eye and to the feet; Where odorous plants, in evening fair, Breathe all around ambrosial air; From Eurus, foe to kitchen ground,... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 334 pages
...spot of land: A pond before full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim; Behind a green, like velvet neat, Soft to the eye and to the feet; Where odorous plants, in evening fair, Breathe all around ambrosial air; From Eurus, foe to kitchen ground,... | |
 | Raymond Williams - 1975 - 356 pages
...absorbed into the natural vision: And may my humble dwelling stand Upon some chosen spot of land. . . . Fit dwelling for the feather'd throng Who pay their quit-rents with a song. What we can see happening, in this interesting development, is the conversion of conventional... | |
 | 1841 - 782 pages
...of land j A pond before, full to the brim, Where cows may cool and geese may swim ; Behind a green, like velvet neat, Soft to the eye and to the feet...od'rous plants, in evening fair, Breathe all around ambrosial air." Poets usually introduce Beauty at the door of their cottage-homes ; but Green appears... | |
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And may my humble dwelling stand Upon some chosen spot of land : A pond before full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim; Behind, a green like velvet neat, Soft to the eye, and to the feet; Where od'rous plants in evening fair Breathe... 
