Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some forlorn creek : We all pearls scorn, Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass : And gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow... Spring-tide: Or, The Angler and His Friends - Pagina 30door John Yonge Akerman - 1850 - 192 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pagina’s
...bleating run each to his mother; And wounds are never found Save what the plough-share gives the ground. , Go ! let the diving Negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest, silent groves ! O may ye b« For ever mirth's best nursery! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pagina’s
...bleating run each to his mother; And wounds arc never found Save what ihe plough-share gives the ground. Go ! let the diving Negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest, silent groves ! O may ye be For ever mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 490 pagina’s
...done, both Mealing run each to his And wounds are never found Save what the plough-share gives the grou Go ! let the diving Negro seek For gems, hid in some...spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as th And gold ne'er here appears Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest, silent groves ! O may ye be... | |
| 1815 - 442 pagina’s
...bleating run each to his mother. And wounds are neverfound, Save what the ploughshare gives the ground. Go ! let the diving Negro seek For gems, hid in some forlorn creek ; We all pearls srorn, Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spray of grass, Which сак-less shrpherds... | |
| 1839 - 894 pagina’s
...never on the hook : - j. , J Nor envy, unless among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. ^ ^' " Go let the diving negro seek For gems hid in some forlorn creek : We all pearls scorn, * .** ti Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds... | |
| Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pagina’s
...the bait, but never on the hook : Nor envy, unless among The. birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving negro seek ..For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves ! — O may ye be For ever mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
| 1821 - 724 pagina’s
...French wines, and French fashions ; rejecting ornament ; scorning all gems. Save what the dewy mom Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass. IVotton, or Raleigh. And when quietly bosomed in my cottage with the lady of my heart, I view the bright... | |
| Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 pagina’s
...the bait, but never on the hook ; Nor envy, unless among The birds, for price of their sweet song. Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves, oh may you be, For ever, mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
| Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - 1822 - 486 pagina’s
...among The birds, for price of their sweetsong. Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in souie forlorn creek : We all pearls scorn, Save what the...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves, oh may you be, For ever, mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
| 1823 - 478 pagina’s
...of images, which poets have for ever — used, but none more beautifully and simply than Raleigh : Go ! let the diving negro seek For gems hid in some...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. " The shepherd's description of love " is full of sentiment, reflection, and point. It is in dialogue... | |
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