 TWAS in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a pool. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by...  Poems, illustr. by B. Foster - Page 1by Thomas Hood - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...in-door occupations. " 'Twas in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, When four and twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school — There were...ran, and some that leapt Like troutlets in a pool ." Yet all this hearty and boisterous activity will, sooner or later, wear itself out — the youths... | |
 | 1828 - 514 pages
...discourse with them about murder, in somewhat of the spirit which is attributed to him in this poem.] TwA8 in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four and twenty happy hoys Cuine bounding out of school: There were some that ran and some that leapt... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1831 - 80 pages
...your lordship; and upon yours, my countrymen, gentlemen of the jury." THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM. 'TWAS in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool,...pool. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by sin; To a level mead they came, and there They drave the wickets in : Pleasantly shone... | |
 | Periodicals - 1836 - 706 pages
...U attributed to him in this poem.] TWAS in the primo of summer time, An eveuing calm and cool, When four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school...in a pool. Away they sped, with gamesome minds, And fouls untoucb'd by «in; To a level mead they came, and there They ftrave the wickets in : Pleasantly... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...expectancy, until the tale would end with joy or deathe. THE OLD CLERKb THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM. 'TWAS in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy bo}s Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran, and some that leapt, Like troutlets in... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...: — " 'Twas in the prime of cummer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenly happy boya Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran and some that leapt. Like troutleta in a pool. " Away they sped with gamesome minda. And souls unlouclied hy sin ; To a level... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...and her little crowd, Like flocking linnets, vanished in a cloud. THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM. T\VAS ¡n the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool,...pool. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by sin ; To a level mead they came, and there They drave the wickets in : Pleasantly shone... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...'Twas in tlie prime of summer time, Ли evening culm and mol, And four-and-tweiity happy boys ('¡une bounding out of school : There were some that ran...that leapt. Like troutlets in a pool. "Away they sped wilh gamesome mind», And souls untouched liy fin ; To a level nieud they c'ime,and there They dnivc... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...That wife soon followed him to the grave. The pension has been continued to their children.] 'Twas in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool,...that ran, and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a stream. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by sin ; To a level mead they came,... | |
 | 430 pages
...attributed to him in this poem.] 'TWAS in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, When four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school...pool. Away they sped, with gamesome minds And souls untouched by sin ; To a level mead they came, and there They dravc the wickets in : Pleasantly shone... | |
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