 What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ! Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. The...  Woodnotes, for all seasons [an anthology]. - Page 120by Wood-notes - 1842Full view - About this book
 | W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...nuific fyveet From birds among the bowers. The fchool-boy wand'ring thro' the wood To pull the primrofe gay, Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy Jay/ ';'•• •' ': '• <-'. . •••• : •:'.(•.,.:•'.} f ;.i.. Wliat time the pea puts... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...To the Cuckoo. Cf. in particular : " What time the daisy decks the green Thy certain voice we hear; The schoolboy, wandering through the wood, To pull...new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay." Stanza ii. affords a signal example of perfection of utterance attained through repeated effort. It... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast them a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of musick sweet From birds among the bowers. The school-boy, wandering through the wood To pull the primrose... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 646 pages
...green, Thy certain voice we hear ; JJast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful Visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the snnnd of music sweet From birds among the bowers. The school-boy, wandering thro' the wood To pull... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 496 pages
...; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant ! with thee 1 hail the time of flowers ; And hear the sound of music sweet, Of birds amona; the bowers. o The school-boy, wand'ring through the wood, To pull the primrose gay,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of...primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fly'st thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...green, Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? 3. Delightful visitant ! with thee . , I hail the time...sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. 4. The schoolboy wand'ring thro' the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts — thy curious voice to... | |
 | Dove - 1822 - 120 pages
...hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant ! with tho« I hail the time of flowers ; And hear the sound of music sweat From hirds among the howers. The school-hoy, wandering thro' th» w»od To pull the primrose... | |
 | James Grahame - 1823 - 346 pages
...the green, Thy certain voice we hear : Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From hirds among the howers. The school-hoy wandering through the wood, To pull the primrose gay, Starts,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...fluwers, And hear the sounds of music sweet From hirds among the bowers. The school-boy wandering thro' es pressed Soon as the pea puts on its bloom, Tiioii fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another... | |
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