 To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.  The Living Age - Pagina 2911897Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 560 pagina’s
...city life to the amusement of the country ! — " To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tie vi. iy sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,...debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment ?" How refreshing must be the freedom from business to the man who for mouths has been perched on a... | |
 | 1817 - 526 pagina’s
...it sure must Almost the highest bliss of human kind, When to thy haunts two kindrc* spirits flee." " To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heav'n,— to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with... | |
 | 1847 - 558 pagina’s
...desciibed the delight of relaxation from the toils of a city life to tho amusement of tho country ! — " To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet...more happy, when with heart's content, Fatigued, he links into some pleasant lair Of wary grass, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pagina’s
...sweet to look into the lair And open face of Heaven, to breathe a prayer Fall in the smile of the blae firmament. Who is more happy, when with heart's content...debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment ?" How refreshing must be the freedom from business — nay, even from the business of pleasure —... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pagina’s
...look into the uir And open face of Heaven, to breathe a prayer Pull in the smile of the blue armament. Who is more happy, when with heart's content Fatigued,...debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment ?" How refreshing must be the freedom from business — nay, even from the business of pleasure —... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pagina’s
...say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth heauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet...look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to hreathe a prayer Full in the smile of the hlue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 516 pagina’s
...described the delight of relaxation from the toils of a city life to the amusement of the country : " To one who has been long in city pent, Tis very sweet...wavy grass, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of lore and languishment ?" How refreshing must be the freedom from business — nay, even from the business... | |
 | 1842 - 542 pagina’s
...EXTRACT, To one who has been lon^ in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fiir And open the face of heaven,— to breathe a prayer Full in the...pleasant lair Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair And itentle tale of love and langulsbment ; Watching the sailing cloudlet's bright career, He mourns that... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pagina’s
...sweet lo look into the fair And open race of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of Ihe blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's...debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment I Returning home at evening, with an ear Catching the notes of Philomel, — an eye Watching the sailing... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pagina’s
...Lycid' drowrs 'd ; Of lovely Laum in her light-green dress, And faithful Petmrch gloriously crown'd. To one who has been long in city pent, Tis very sweet...the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a pmver Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content. Fatigued... | |
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