 The schoolboy, wandering through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail....  Odes and Sonnets, Illustrated - Page 121859 - 107 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...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...thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou Hirst thy local vale, Another guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...star to guard 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...thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom Thou flyest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...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...thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale ; 10 FATHER WILLIAM. An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail.... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...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...hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts ou the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale ; 10 FATHER WILLIAM. An annual guest in other lauds, Another... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1847 - 762 pages
...flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. The schoolboy wand'ring thro' tbe wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts — the new...thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale ; An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird I thy bower... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...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...through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts thy most curious voice to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest... | |
 | Migratory birds - Birds - 1847 - 74 pages
...the green, Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? The schoolboy wandering through the wood, To pull...new voice of spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. Sweet bird, thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1902 - 664 pages
...so gay Starte, thy curious voice to hear And imitates thy lay. 1781. The school-boy, wandering thro the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. Mr. Graham concludes by asking, " Was it the poor schoolmaster lad of Kinross-shire or the brilliant,... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 372 pages
...star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? 3. Delightful visitant ! with thee, I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. 4. The schoolboy, wandering through the wood, To pull the primrose gay, Starts the new voice of spring... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year 1 Delightful visitant! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From...thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird! thy bower... | |
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