 | Morris J. Vogel - Architecture - 1991 - 274 pages
...cataract fell, The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that stood by the well — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. John Howard Payne Home, Sweet Home c. 1850 John Howard Payne 1179118521 may... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...intrusively swell, As fancy reverts to my father's plantation, And sighs for the bucket that hangs in the well — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) than Haifa century after Wordsworth's death.... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell. Then soon, with the...And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well. How sweet from the green, mossy brim to receive it, As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips!... | |
 | Gerard T. Koeppel - History - 2001 - 382 pages
...sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell. Then soon, with the...And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well. Wags thought the rhapsody was inspired during Woodworth's reflective moments in a bar. Another account... | |
 | Ken Tate, Janice Tate - Poetry - 2001 - 164 pages
...sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the...bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, it rose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb, it... | |
 | Richard Crawford - History - 2001 - 1000 pages
...fell, The cot [cottage] of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well.8 By setting the bucket in a specific landscape, Woodworth offers a glimpse... | |
 | Rolfe Cobleigh - Architecture - 2007 - 304 pages
...bucket that hung in the well. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ! Then soon, with the...And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.. — Samuel Woodworth. WORTH KNOWING FREEZING ICE IN BLOCKS •HERE a pond or stream is not handy from... | |
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That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure For often at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! And quick... 
