 | 1838 - 950 pages
...; To those who on my leisure would intrude, Reserv'd and rude : Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And...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... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...Reserved and rude, Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some...of my age should 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... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...Reserved and rude; Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some...of my age should 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... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...Reserved and rude, Gentle at home amid my friends I 'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some...of my age should 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 a sober... | |
 | George William Francis - Botany - 1839 - 236 pages
...But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm• <1 the pointless leaves appear. ' Thus should my youth, as youth is apt I know Some harshness...of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree." — SOUIHEY. PEARL-WORT. SAGINA. PROCUMBENT PEARL-WORT. Sagina procumbens. Plate 2—Fig.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-Tree. Wutbury, 1798. And should my youth, as youth is apt, 1 know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day...should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-Tree. 6. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaves a sober hue display... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...austere To those who on my leisure would intrude Reserved and rude, Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And...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... | |
 | George Mogridge - Trees - 1840 - 136 pages
...Reserv'd and rude ; Gentle, at home, amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some...vain asperities I, day by day, Would wear away ; Till smooth the temper of my age should be, Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. And as, when all the... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...my friends I'd be, Like the high leaveg upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt 1 know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day...of my age should 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 a sober... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...Reserved and rude, Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some...of my age should 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... | |
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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. 
