This day dame Nature seem'd in love : The lusty sap began to move; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly : There stood my friend with patient... An Old Man's Holidays - Side 131af Edward Marston - 1901 - 140 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 sider
...this simple but delicate memento of departed innocence. THE ANGLER. This day Dame Nature seem'd in love, The lusty sap began to move, Fresh juice did...embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout that low did lie, Hose at a well -dissembled (lie. There stood my friend, with patient... | |
| James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 sider
...they glide Into the grave. — ROBERT HERRICK. 26. A SPRING IDYLL. THIS day, Dame Nature seem'd in love ! The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did...embracing vines; And birds had drawn their valentines. Already were the eaves possess'd With the swift pilgrim's daubed nest ; The groves already did rejoice... | |
| Robert Bright Marston - 1894 - 304 sider
...the first eight lines run, — "And now all Nature seem'd in Love, The lusty Sap began to move ; New Juice did stir th' embracing Vines, And Birds had drawn their Valentines : The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled Flie : There stood my Friend, with... | |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1895 - 434 sider
...Cuckoo I to welcome in the spring ! LIII ON A BANK AS I SAT A-FISHING THIS day Dame Nature seem'd in love ; The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did...embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines ; The jealous trout that low did lie Rose at the well-dissembled fly ; There stood my friend, with... | |
| George Herman Ellwanger - 1895 - 278 sider
...lyric by the former, entitled " On a Bank as I sate a Fishing " : — " This day dame Nature seem'd in love ; The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did...embracing vines ; And birds had drawn their valentines. " The jealous trout that low did lie Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my friend, with patient... | |
| 1895 - 768 sider
...his glory — " I'll be free !" Coxper. VALENTINES, VALENTINE'S DAY. This day dame Nature seemed in love, The lusty sap began to move, Fresh juice did...embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. Sir H. Wotlnu. They are those wing'd postillions that can fly, From the Antarctic to the Arctic sky... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 sider
...this simple but delicate memento of departed innocence. THE ANGLER. This day dame Nature scem'd in love. The lusty sap began to move, Fresh juice did...embracing vines And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled flie. There stood my friend, with patient... | |
| 1895 - 416 sider
...than angling. IZAAK WALTON. THIS day Dame Nature seemed in love, The lusty sap began to move ; New juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly : There stood my friend, with patient... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1896 - 386 sider
...at this time, by which it was then made, I shall repeat it unto you : This day dame Nature seem'd in love ; The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did...embracing vines ; And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my Friend, with patient... | |
| Alfred Edward Thomas Watson - 1896 - 868 sider
...description of the Spring, written by Sir Henry Wotton, once Provost of Eton ? This day Dame Nature seem'd in love; The lusty sap began to move; Fresh juice did...embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fly ; There stood my friend, with patient... | |
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