 That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned 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...  Notes and Queries - Seite 1971902Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - 372 Seiten
...in his own feelings, though others may not appreciate it so fully. Ex.— " How glad from the cool mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips!" Here the author slyly intimates that there are persons who underrate the excellence of water, as a... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 Seiten
...tlie iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. 21. How sweet from the grec n mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips 1 Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 Seiten
...intrusively swell, 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. XXX. — A FRIGATE AMONG THE SHOALS. COOPEE. [JAHBS FENTMORB COOPER was born... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...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...; 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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 Seiten
...seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom It foil; Then »oon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping...; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moaa-covered bucket arose from the well. 81. How sweet from the green in— -y brim to receive it,... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1862 - 430 Seiten
...interest or excitement in his own feelings, though others may not appreciate it so fully. Ex. — " How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips ! " Here the author slyly intimates that there are persons who underrate the excellence of water, as... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...and sweetest that nature can yicld. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! An-i qnick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with...the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with cooluess, it rose from the well; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-cover'd bucket... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 Seiten
...yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing. 1-ig. 18, the excursion party at the well. Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And...bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. 21. How sweet from the green mosey brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lip:*... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 Seiten
...The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing I And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem 3 of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well : The old oaken bucket, the... | |
 | 1863 - 260 Seiten
...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 returned... | |
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