 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 232 pages
...Eeserved 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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...Reserved and rude ; — Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves npon the Holly Tree. e heather. His horsemen hard behind us Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and preen, The Holly leaves a sober... | |
 | American poetry - 1873 - 296 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... | |
 | Floral poesy - 1875 - 360 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama (Comedy) - 1876 - 474 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...high leaves upon the holly tree. And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness shew, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick...That clustered round her head. She had a rustic wo holly tree. And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The holly leaves a sober... | |
 | Ursula Ware - 1877 - 294 pages
...emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One that may profit in the after time. Thus, should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness...All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Til! the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly-tree. But all the flowers... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...Reserved and rude, Gentle at home amid my friends I 'd be Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. shew, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - Flowers - 1877 - 270 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—...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... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...To those who on my leisure would intrude. Reserved and rude ; Gentle at home amid my friends I '¿ be, Like the high leaves upon the holly-tree. And...the holly-tree. And as, when all the summer trees we seen So bright and green, The holly-leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they ; But... | |
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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. 
