 What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers,...  Essays of Elia - Page 92by Charles Lamb - 1835 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...so, Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph but for a seed. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, the curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1852 - 684 pages
...this I lcad ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine upon my mouth do crash nce. " Bless you, old sophist, who next to human nature taught me all plcasure less Withdraws into its happiness. The mind, that occan, where each kind Does straight its... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed. What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters...Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, the curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnar'd with... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...a nymph but for a seed. What wondrous life in this I lead! Ril>e apples drop about my head; 'I'li.' luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, the curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | Agriculture - 1852 - 664 pages
...productive and ripens about the 20th of August. 'What wondrous lire is this I lead, Rip« apples drop a'xiut my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush ttielr wine; The m'clarine ami curious peach Into my hand themselves do reach!' But, good gracious... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1853 - 378 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a seed. What wondrous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters...Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, the curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...fountains and sun dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes. " What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of...hands themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as 1 pass, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into... | |
 | William Paul - 1855 - 154 pages
...This list may be extended almost indefinitely. LETTER XI. " What wondrous life is this I lead! Kipe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters...curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach." ANDREW MARVEL. WHETHER or not fruit-trees should have place in a Villa Garden, depends principally... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph but for a seed. What wondrous life in this I lead! Eipe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of...Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, the curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Fruit - 1855 - 622 pages
...IN; T,l It LOW COUNTRIES , *AtS*.rHUVVhni wondrous life Es this I lend ? Ripe apples drop about n,y head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush , heir wine ; 7'he nectarine and curious peach luto mv hands them.selves do -eath. MAKVKLU FOURTEENTH... | |
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