 tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch...  From the age of Johnson to the age of Tennysonby Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - 1903Snippet view - About this book
 | Sharon Turner - 1834
...hopp'd and play'd. Their thoughts I cannot measure ; But, the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. From Heaven, if this belief be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan ; Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834
...hopp'd and play'd. Their thoughts I cannot measure ; But, the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. From Heaven, if this belief be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan ; Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Philosophy - 1835
...hopp'd and play'd, Their though« I cannot measure ; But, the least motion winch they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air : 4 And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. From heaven, if this belief be sent,... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836
...The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." It is the spirit which whispered these simple, and, to many it may be unmeaning lines, that we bow... | |
 | Religion - 1836
...The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there waa pleasure there." It is the spirit which whispered these simple, and, to many it may be unmeaning... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1838
...hopp'd and play'd, Their thoughts I cannot measure ; But, the least motion which they made, It seein'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. , 4 From heaven, if this belief be sent, If such be nature's holy plan ; Have I not reason to lament... | |
 | Seba Smith - History - 1841 - 199 pages
...either "a drug," or "too high-flown" to be enjoyed and understood by the mass of the reading public. " The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." Poetry like that, will always find readers and admirers among all classes, whether high or low, rich... | |
 | Scotland - 1841
...of man. They are too familiar to need quotation : these are the closing verses : — " The Jmdding twigs spread out their fan ' To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. " From Heaven if this belief be sent, If this be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843
...least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fen, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from Heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man... | |
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