 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...  The Philology of the English Tongue - Pagina 372di John Earle - 1880 - 700 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pagine
...hand than mingle in the proudest assemblies. And, above all, startliugly true, beneath my feet was Yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a gardeu-ftower grows wild. " A painting from the life could not be more exact. ' The stubborn currant-bush'... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 590 pagine
...and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the peusive plain, Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, «here a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pagine
...fixed as the firmament of Heaven." 4. THE VILLAGE PKEACHEE. — Oliver Goldsmith. S. 1731 ; d. 1774. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild — There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pagine
...and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 pagine
...had been present, the poet has painted with fearful accuracy what his father's house was to he : ' Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.' "... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pagine
...all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near vonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pagine
...Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. WORDSWORTH. THE VILLAGE PREACHER. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pagine
...sad historian of the pensive plain. THE VILLAGE PARSON j HIS GCESTS. Near yonder copse, where onco KR M uI ^؇ Z r|EI ! A~,D " {. K5t C ڸ $. W ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pagine
...pensive philosophic reflection." The following extracts are from the Deserted Village. VILLAGE PREACHER. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pagine
...dreams, Turning to scorn with lips divine The falsehood of extremes. TENNYSON. 49. THE VILLAGE PREACHER. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And, still, where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A... | |
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