 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 Seiten
...our journey o'er, Till vernal gales should gently play, To waft us on our homeward way. Miss Atkin. HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD. OH, to be in England Now...unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Bound the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 Seiten
...honour, and who has written lyrics which may take rank amongst the most exquisite in the language? — ' Oh, to be in England Now that April's there. And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' The second verse is too charming to leave unquoted : — ' And after April, when May follows, And... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 Seiten
...writers and singers. Moreover, at times, as in the following poem, his words are full of genuine music. OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...whitethroat builds and all the swallows — Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field, and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dcwdrops... | |
 | mrs. John Francis Foster - 1876 - 260 Seiten
...all about children, in a book that is meant for your holiday time. . August 28<A, 1875. LETTY'S PLAN. Oh to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood shea,) Round the elm tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 Seiten
...encouraging thought, Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. L HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD Oh, to be in England Now that April's...white-throat builds, and all the swallows — Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 Seiten
...always was, so shall ever be ! HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. i. OH, to be in England Now that April 's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning,...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' iL And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where... | |
 | Picturesque science - 1880 - 302 Seiten
...oaks throw out shoots in summer and autumn — Lammas), but of this Browning has made a beauty : " Oh, to be in England Now that April's there ! And...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England, now ! " The elm's caterpillar is that of the Tortoise-shell butterfly. And now for a story about the tree.... | |
 | 1892 - 708 Seiten
...castle, preciplce-encurled, In a gash of the wind-grieved Appenine." Home-thoughts from Abroad. I. " O, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brash-wood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1881 - 316 Seiten
...moulder in dust away ! HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. — (R. Browning.) By kind permission of the Author . OH, to be in England, now that April's there, And...whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field, and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops... | |
 | George Milner - 1881 - 370 Seiten
...cf youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. SHAKSPERE, Sonnets, xcviii. Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! ROBERT BROWNING, Home Tho-ughts from Abroad. XII.— MID-LENT AND ALL FOOLS'. April 3. ' COMES in... | |
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Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brush-wood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England... 
