 Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. It was the deep midnoon : one silvery cloud Had lost his way between the piney sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like...  Poems - Page 100by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...of the violet and the crocus, the lotus, the lily, the amaracus, the asphodel, to do her honour ; ' And a wind arose, And overhead, the wandering ivy...With bunch, and berry, and flower, thro' and thro'.' Even history at last begins to chronicle events with an eye to the scenery in which they are enacted,... | |
 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...with lotetree-fruit thickset, Shadowed with singing pine; and all the while, Above, the overwandering ivy and vine This way and that in many a wild festoon...boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'. On the treetops a golden glorions clond Leaned, slowly dropping down ambrosial dew. How beautiful they... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...many a wild festoon Ran riot, garlanding the gnarled houghs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'. " O mother Ida, harken ere I die. On the tree-tops... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'. " O mother Ida, harken ere I die. On the tree-tops a crested peacock lit, And o'er him flow'da golden... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'. " O mother Ida, harken ere I die. On the tree-tops a crested peacock lit, And o'er him flow'da golden... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 252 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...and vine, This way and that, in many a wild festoon Ean riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'. " O mother... | |
 | George Dennis - Etruria - 1848 - 588 pages
...by an occasional sombring of grey — while the dark ilex, or oak, feathers and crests the whole, " And overhead the wandering ivy and vine This way and that, in many a wild festoon, Run riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower." The chief interest of Ca3re,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...and vine, This way and that, in many a wild festoon Kan riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower through and through. And o'er... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 284 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower through and through. And o'er him flowed a golden cloud, and leaned Upon him, slowly dropping fragrant... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...sides Of this long glen. Then to the bower they came, Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, Violet,...the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower through and through. And o'er him flowed a golden cloud, and leaned Upon him, slowly dropping fragrant... | |
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