 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 pages
...from the tall lighthouse tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 376 pages
...Or people left him to exhaust. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea-waves... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...from the tall lighthouse tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 316 pages
...from the tall lighthouse tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away. To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down. Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 104 pages
...from the tall lighthouse tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 pages
...the tall light- house tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 530 pages
...from the tall light-house tower. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Birthday books - 1881 - 484 pages
...East the pleasant inland farms. They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay, — To fling their loads of custom down, Like drift-weed, on the sand slopes brown, And in the sea... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1881 - 476 pages
...craves rest and seeks repose. .They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay — To fling the loads of custom down Like drift-wood on the sand-slopes brown, And in the sea-waves... | |
 | Blanche Willis Howard - 1883 - 328 pages
...quiet little harbour, and the pretty outline of the shore. They were heard to express a fervent desire to " Eat the lotus of the Nile, And drink the poppies of Cathay." Mr. Otis informed them that there was not a lotus or a poppy on board, and appealed to Blake, Senior,... | |
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They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay... 
