OH, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in the forest shades ; Green boughs, and glimpses of the sky, Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were ever in the sylvan wild ; And all the beauty of the place Is... Flora's Interpreter and Fortuna Flora - Page 157by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...Thy birth was in the forest shades ; Green boughs and glimĦaes of the sky Were alt that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings when a child Were ever in the sylvan wild ; ,1nd all the beauty of Ike place It tn thy heart and on t/iyfuce. The tvilight of the trees and rocks... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...and the loud North again Shall buffet the vexed forests in his rage. 'OH FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS." OH fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in the...infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, WĞre ever in the sylvan wild ; And all the beauty of the place Is in thy heart and on thy face. The... | |
 | 1837 - 788 pages
...Maids .' is a gem, of which we cannot sufficiently express our admiration. We juote it in full. OA, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in the forest shades ; Grtetl boughs and glimpses (if t It t sky H'ere all that nut Ihinc infant lye. Thy sports, thy wanderings... | |
 | 1840 - 326 pages
...time, into which our national pride and partiality are so blindly disposed to thrust him as it is. OH, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in...Green boughs and glimpses of the sky Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were ever in the sylvan wild ; And all... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...partiality are so blindly disposed to thrust him as it is. On, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy biith was in the forest shades ; Green boughs and glimpses of the sky Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were over in the sylvan wild ; And all... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...hair with flowers." Monument Mountain, p. 106. FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS. ENGRAVED BY \V. HUMPHRYS. " Oh, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in the forest shades." Ohfairest of the Rural Maids, p. 135. THE NEW MOON. ENGRAVED BY GH CUSHMAN. " The captive yields him... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1850 - 770 pages
...hair with flowers." Manument Mountain, p. 106. FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS. ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPIIRYS. " Oh, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in the forest shades." Ohfairat nf the Rural Maidt, p. 135. THE NEW MOON. ENGRAVED BY GH OU SIIMAN. "The captive yields him... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...is free, And I am come to dwell beside the olive grovo with thee." OH, FAIREST OF TIIE KURAL MAIDS. OH, fairest of the rural maids! Thy birth was in the...Green boughs, and glimpses of the sky, Were all that inet thy iufant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were ever in the sylvan wild; And all... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 pages
...beautiful order of thy works Learn to conform the order of our lives. "OH, FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS." OH, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in...boughs, and glimpses of the sky, Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were ever in the sylvan wild ; And all... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 320 pages
...beautiful order of thy works Learn to conform the order of our lives. "OH, FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS." OH, fairest of the rural maids ! Thy birth was in...boughs, and glimpses of the sky, Were all that met thine infant eye. Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, Were ever in the sylvan wild ; And all... | |
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