 | Clarence Gordon - 1864 - 124 pagine
...to the door, smiling affection and cordiality, to bid us " Welcome to Under-Tor." 26 CHAPTER III. " But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree?" — SOCTHEY. AI.L through the day there were silky rustlings on the great... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pagine
...reserved and rude ; Gentle at home, amid my friends, I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen so bright...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly-tree ? So serious should my youth appear among the thoughtless throng, So would... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pagine
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should he Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly-leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they ; Hut when the bare and wintry woods... | |
 | Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 pagine
...But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. And then, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The faded leaves their dullest hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods... | |
 | 1866 - 288 pagine
...And as, when all the summer trees are Been So bright and green, The Holly-leaves a sober hue display But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree ? — 7. So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng... | |
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 pagine
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they: But, when the bare and wint'ry woods we see, What then so... | |
 | Simpkin Marshall & Co. - 1868 - 620 pagine
...Southey — " And as when all the summer leaves are green — So bright and green, The holly-leaves their fadeless hues display — Less bright than they...when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree ? " I shall next call your attention to the Ivy. It is truly said of this... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pagine
...wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. 30 And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, 35 What then... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pagine
...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-Tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly-leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods... | |
 | Leigh Page - 1868 - 296 pagine
...the holly, its bright green leaves, in the cultivated kinds, mottled, or edged with pale yellow : ' When all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly's leaves a sober hue display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see,... | |
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And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities, I, day by day, Would wear away ; Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. 
