 ... the long, long summer hours The golden light should lie, And thick, young herbs and groups of flowers Stand in their beauty by. The oriole should build and tell His love-tale, close beside my cell ; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there...  Southern Literary Messenger - Page 471837Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 516 pages
...idle butterfly Should rest him there, find there 1« heard Í 'lir housewife bee and humming bird. " And what if cheerful shouts at noon Come from the...village sent, Or songs of maids beneath the moon, With i'aii \ laughter blent; And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife bee and humming bird. " And what if cheerful shouts at noon Come from the village sent, Or songs of maids beneath the moon, And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument, — I would the... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 598 pages
...cell; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife bee and humming bird. And what if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come from the...the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight i Of my low monument : I would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight nor sound. I know,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...cell; The idle butterfly Should rest him, there, and there be heard The housewife bee and hummingbird. And what if cheerful shouts at noon Come, from the...if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sijght Of my low monument ? I would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight or sound. I... | |
 | 1832 - 606 pages
...; The idle butterfly Should rest hun there, and there be heard The housewife bee and humming bird. And what, if cheerful shouts at noon. Come from the village sent, Or song of maids, beneath tJie moon, With fairy laughter blent. And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife-bee and humming-bird. And what if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come from the...Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument 1 I would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight nor sound. I know, I know I should not... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife-bee and humming-bird. And what if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come from the...maids, beneath the moon, With fairy laughter blent 1 And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument? I would the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife-bee and humming bird. And what, if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come, from...maids, beneath the moon, With fairy laughter blent ? 132 133 And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument ? I... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife-bee and humming bird. And what, if cheerful shouts, at noon, Come, from...village sent, Or songs of maids, beneath the moon, 133 133 And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument ? I would... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...village sent, Or songs of maids, beneath the moon, With fairy laughter blent ? WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 133 And what if, in the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight Of my low monument t I would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight nor sound. I know, I know I should not... | |
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