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" And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise... "
Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books - Page 121
by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 8

1846 - 608 pages
...blossom'd pear-tree in th*" hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops, at the bent spray's edge. That's the wise thrush; he...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields are rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's...
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The Living Age, Volume 194

1892 - 848 pages
...the thrush in the tree above seems likely to go sweetly mad in the energy of its melodious chanting. The wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest...never could recapture The first fine careless rapture. Here too, however, the gentle words, " For charity's sake, signore," somehow soon got whispered through...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 8

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...blossom'd pear-tree in thehedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops, at the bent spray's edge. That's the wise thrush; he...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields are rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children'«...
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Notes and Queries

1894 - 668 pages
...on their way to ruin. From what work is the quotation ! Lucís. THE POET'S FLOWERS : BOTTERCUPS.— And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew. The buttercups, the little Children's dower. ' Home Thoughts, from Abroad.' What does Browning mean...
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Poems: A blot in the 'scutcheon

Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! HOME-THOUGHTS,...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! BOBEKT...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the hent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush ; he sings...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew, The buttercups, the little children's dower. Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! EGRERT BRowNIXQ....
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 53

1884 - 882 pages
...of the woods, or what seemed like si1 "That's tiie wise thrush: he sings each song twice over, Lent you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture 1 '' lence, was really impressive. The chewinks and field sparrows were singing, but it was like the...
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Poets of England and America; being selections from the best authors of both ...

England - 1860 - 532 pages
...blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops— at the bent spray's edge — That's the wise thrush;...hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! ROBERT...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 5

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 804 pages
...the gem of the piece," Lancelot added, — " the tribute to the mavis. 1 That's the wise thrash— he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...never could recapture The first fine careless rapture ! ' But Browning," he went on, " is not an English poet. He has lived in Italy until he has forgotten...
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