THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty... New Outlook - Page 5661913Full view - About this book
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 346 pages
...gone beyond recall. We feel this lack in Wordsworth all the more keenly if we compare such verses as " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill," with Goethe's exquisite Ueber alien Gipfeln ist Ruh, in which the lines (as if shaken down by a momentary... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ? And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The plowboy is whooping — anon — anon ! There 's joy on the mountains ; There 's life in the fountains ; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky... | |
| Charles Joseph S. Dawe - 1876 - 152 pages
...the strongest The cattle are grazing Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On ths top of the bare hill. The ploughboy is whooping — anon, anon ; There's joy in the mountains,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 348 pages
...gone beyond recall. We feel this lack in Wordsworth all the more keenly if we compare such verses as " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated And now doth fare ill Oii the top of the bare hill," with Goethe's exquisite Ueber alien Gipfeln ist Ruh, in which the lines... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The ploughboy is whooping—anou—anon There 's joy in the mountains; There 's life in the fountains;... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ? Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare liill ; The plowboy is whooping — anon — anon ! There 's joy on the mountains ; There 's life in... | |
| William Angus Knight - 1878 - 286 pages
...strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon : There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Plough-boy is whooping—anon—anon: There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains;... | |
| Thomas Laurie (publisher.) - 1878 - 148 pages
...There are forty feeding like ona./'." '.''•k-Iv\v Like an army de-feated, r:s .»,_ '-•'>' •; The snow hath re-treated, And now doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill ;, ^-^LJ The plough-boy is whooping, anon, anon ! There's joy on the moun-tains, There's life in the... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon : There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains... | |
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