 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...from the palm-trees, — The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water — The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion Is...dates — yellowed over With gold dust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in the pitcher The full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river channel... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 pages
...its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, —...dates — yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the locust's-flesh steeped in the pitcher ; the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 pages
...happiest earlier works ; for example : Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, —...dates— yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the locust's-flesh steeped in the pitcher ; the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-chaniiel... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 684 pages
...happiest earlier works ; for example : Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, —...dates— yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the locust's-flesh steeped in the pitcher ; the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, —...dates yellowed over with. gold dust divine, And the locust's-flesh steeped in the pitcher ! the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 436 pages
...from the palm-trees, — The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water — The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion Is...dates — yellowed over With gold dust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in the pitcher, The full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river channel... | |
 | 478 pages
...boughs from the palm-trees, The cool silver shock Of a plunge in the pool's living water. The haunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion Is couched in his lair. And the meat, the rich dates yellowed over With golddust divine, And the locust's flesh steeped in the pitcher.... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 pages
...characteristic of the man : — Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree —...sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. How good is man's life, the mere living ! how fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses,... | |
 | 1865 - 520 pages
...leaping from rock to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the lir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge, in a pool's living water, — the hunt of...sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair ! And he knew that this glory of life was dead in him for ever, and thai when those stars rose on another... | |
 | 1865 - 582 pages
...leaping from rock to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the lir-tree, the cool river shock Of a plunge in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showiug the lion is couched in his lair ! And h» knew that this glory of life was dead in him for... | |
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Oh, our manhood's prime vigour ! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock... 
