 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...love their locks to braid, When to their father's hall, at festival Repairing, they, in emulous array, THE HOLLY TREE. O READER ! hast thou ever stood to...The Holly Tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceive* Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | 1830 - 634 Seiten
...thorns; (a striking »ample of design in nature, of which the poetSouthey happily avails himself: " О reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly tree...contemplates it well, perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the atheist's sophistries. llelow, a circling... | |
 | 1832 - 406 Seiten
...East-South-East, half past seven. — Landfs Description. THE HOLLY TREE. 0 RKADKR ! hast thou ever stood to fee The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy K.ives Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1835 - 352 Seiten
...no longer necessary. Mr. Southey has noticed this circumstance in the following pretty lines : — ' O reader ! hast thou ever stood to see ' The holly...Order'd by an Intelligence so wise ' As might confound an Atheist's sophistries. ' Below a circling fence, its leaves are seen ' Wrinkled and keen ; ' No... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 Seiten
...are not to make me accountable for so dainty an observation. LEIGH HUNT. THE HOLLY TREE. 0 ItiiAuun : hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy J.MV<'S Order'd hy an intelligence so wise, At might confound the Atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling... | |
 | 1836 - 282 Seiten
...that height the leaves aro generally smooth, the protecting spines being no longer necessary. JESSE. " O reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree...Order'd by an Intelligence so wise As might confound an atheist's sophistries. Below a circling fence Its leaves are seen, Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing... | |
 | 1850 - 584 Seiten
...Has suffer'd no contact with the real. Fisher's Drawing-Room Scrap-Hook. THE HOLLY. Oh, RE AD EH ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye...contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries. Below a circling fence... | |
 | 1837 - 260 Seiten
...in a circle, — a figure often found on ancient sepulchres. THE HOLLY TREE. 0 READER ! hast tin » ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling fence,... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 Seiten
...hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some; Some to the rude protection of the thorn. THOMSON. O reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree?...Order'd by an Intelligence so wise As might confound an atheist's sophistries. Below a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen! No grazing... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 Seiten
...in Heaven ! Wutbury, 1798. THE HOLLY-TREE. 1. 0 READER ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy...wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries. 2. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their... | |
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Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. 
