 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee ; Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, 4nd still the stranger wist not where to stray. The world...sad ! the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd— till woman smiled ! True, the sad power to generous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on... | |
 | Barnstable (Mass.) - Barnstable (Mass.) - 1840 - 148 pages
...the solace of declining years, and through life the source of our highest, and holiest earthly joys. "The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man, the hermit sighed, 'till woman smiled." The remarks of Mr. Sturgis were followed by a neat original Yankee Song for the occasion, rhyming the... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...of the bee ; Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, And still the stranger wist not where to strayl The world was sad ! the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled ! True, the sad power to generous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...that shook the spangled tree, | The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee ; — | Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, | And still the stranger wist...sad/ | the garden was a wild.' | And man, the hermit, sigh'd — | till woman smil'd / | SINCERITY. (TILLOTSON.) 344 PRACTICAL ELOCUTION. does any man dissemble,"... | |
 | Friendship - 1841 - 358 pages
...wind that shook the spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee ;— Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, And still the stranger wist not...! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled ! True, the sad power to generous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...wind that shook the spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee;— Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, And still the stranger wist not...sad!— the garden was a wild*. And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled! True, the sad power to generous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on... | |
 | Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...that shook the spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee ; — Still slowly pass'd the melancholy day, And still the stranger wist not...! — the garden was a wild ! And Man, the hermit, sigh'd — till Woman smiled ! CAMPBELL. O Love, first learn'd in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured... | |
 | Hope - 1841 - 200 pages
...spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee;— Still slowly pass'd the melancholyday, And still the stranger wist not where to stray,—...sad !—the garden was a wild! And Man, the hermit, sigh'd—till Woman smiled! True, the sad power to generous hearts may bring Delirious anguish on his... | |
 | Country life - 1842 - 576 pages
...HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY." Opposite to this, at the other end of the hall, was another, reading thus: — «THE WORLD WAS SAD THE GARDEN WAS A WILD, AND MAN THE HEU.MIT SII1IIED — TILL \Vti.MAN SMILED." But if the hall was beautifully decorateil, what shall... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...Aenal notes in mingling measure played ; The summer wind that shook the spangled tree, The whispering wave, the murmur of the bee ; — Still slowly passed...And man, the hermit, sighed — till woman smiled ! 35. FREEDOM. — Cowper* Fair freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented,... | |
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