 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 brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England -...  The new poetical reader, ed. by J.C. Curtis - Sida 70redigerad av - 1872 - 160 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 sidor
...vernal gales should gently play, To waft us on our homeward way. Miss Atkin. HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD. OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever...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 sidor
...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...While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' The second verse is too charming to leave unquoted : — ' And after April, when... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 sidor
...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...While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds and all the swallows... | |
 | mrs. John Francis Foster - 1876 - 260 sidor
...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... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - 1877 - 292 sidor
...for her coming. whittin April 10th, OH ! to be in England, Now that April 's there, And whoever walks in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough, In England... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 sidor
...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 there, And whoever...While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! And after April, when May follows, And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 sidor
...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,...While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now !' iL And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows... | |
 | Picturesque science - 1880 - 302 sidor
...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...While the 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... | |
 | 1892 - 708 sidor
...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... | |
 | George Milner - 1881 - 370 sidor
...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...While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now ! ROBERT BROWNING, Home Tho-ughts from Abroad. XII.— MID-LENT AND ALL FOOLS'. April... | |
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