 | Clarence Gordon - 1864 - 124 pagina’s
...to the door, smiling affection and cordiality, to bid us " Welcome to Under-Tor." 26 CHAPTER III. " But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree?" — SOCTHEY. AI.L through the day there were silky rustlings on the great stairs and through the hall,... | |
 | Months - 1864 - 262 pagina’s
...Reserved and rude ; Gentle at home amid my friends I 'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as when all the Summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly-leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pagina’s
...reserved and rude ; Gentle at home, amid my friends, I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen so bright...wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly-tree ? So serious should my youth appear among the thoughtless throng, So would I seem amid the... | |
 | 1866 - 288 pagina’s
...leaves upon the Holly-tree. 5. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-tree. 6. And as, when all the summer trees are Been So bright and green, The Holly-leaves a sober... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pagina’s
...leaves upon the holly-tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness shew, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should he Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and... | |
 | Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 pagina’s
...But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. And then, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The faded leaves their dullest hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods... | |
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 pagina’s
...high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know. Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display Less bright than they: But, when the bare and wint'ry woods we see, What then so... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 160 pagina’s
...leaves upon the holly tree. " And should my youth, 88 youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree." — SOUTHEY. One of the ordinary concomitants of a Christmas in the olden times was the Yule Log, or... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pagina’s
...leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, 25 Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till...should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. 30 And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display... | |
 | Simpkin Marshall & Co. - 1868 - 620 pagina’s
...Southey — " And as when all the summer leaves are green — So bright and green, The holly-leaves their fadeless hues display — Less bright than they...woods we see, What then so cheerful as the holly tree ? " I shall next call your attention to the Ivy. It is truly said of this plant that it is " never... | |
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And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly tree. 
