 ... from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth...  Perennial Flowers - Page 1581843 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 pages
...cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure, For often at noon, when return'd... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1856 - 320 pages
...with coolness, it rose from the well: The old oaken bucket—the iron-bound bucket— The-moss cover'd bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green...blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though fill'd with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now, far removed from that loved situation, The tear... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...glowing, And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well...sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, pois'd on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not, a full blushing gublet could tempt me to leave it,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well; The old onken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket...sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, pois'd on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,... | |
 | Asa Fitz - Vocal music - 1856 - 66 pages
...hail as a treasure; For oft - en at noon,when returned from the field, I found it the source of an 3. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it in - clined to my lips ! Not a full blushing gob-let could •zi*n: p— *— : -* — * deep tang-led... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...that Jupiter sips. As fancy reverts to my father's plantation, And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well. The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — The moss-covered bucket which hangs in the well. S. WOODWOBTH 134. THE GLADIATOR. THEY led a lion from his den, The lord of... | |
 | Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well. The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure — For often, at noon, when... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, pois'd on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not a full blushing gublet could tempt me to leave it, Though fill'd with the nectar that Jupiter sips. And now far removed... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1857 - 710 pages
...bottom it fell : Tben soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well How sweet from the green mossy brim...it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. • Miwon'i Travels, iii, 327, and Kepler's Travels, iii, 138. ' Th«y have been erroneously attributed... | |
 | Howard Paul - American ballads and songs - 1857 - 144 pages
...glowing, How quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well...— The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-cover'd bucket, arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised... | |
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