 I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild...  The Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Page 137edited by - 1881 - 674 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1820 - 606 pages
...cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor «bat soft incense hangs upon the Änghs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...wild; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine; Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-iosc, full of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...cannot see what (lowers are at my feet, * Nor what soft ineeuse hangs upon the boughs« But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine i Fast fading violets cover'd up in. leaves; I . And mid-May's eldest child, ; The coming meek-rose,... | |
 | 1820 - 596 pages
...flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, Hut, in embalmed darkness, gueee each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The...wild; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine; Fast fading violets coyer'd up in leaves And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...With hawshorn, and the pastoral eglantine , Fast-fading vioiets covered up in leaves ; And raid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine. The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. time past inhabited a sickened and shaking body, — and had suffered from the baleful effects of the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft Incense hangs upon the boughs ; But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast-fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, puess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The...wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine; Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 512 pages
...cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But in embalmed darkness guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine, Fast fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose full of... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable...wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast fading violets coverM up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full... | |
 | 1839 - 876 pages
...tree wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast-fading violets, covered up in leaves j And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose,...dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eve* ! " " 1 .. EL1' thus addresses the dawning of the month we are celebrating : " 'Tis May again... | |
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