 All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair — The bees are stirring — birds are on the wing — And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair,...  Specimen Days in America - Page 274by Walt Whitman - 1887 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Katherine Thomson - 1844 - 926 pages
...to in order to excite a momentary reaction in the heart that was the seat of despair. CHAPTER XII. Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling...face a dream of spring. And I, the while, the sole unbusied thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Work without hope draws nectar in a... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1844 - 788 pages
...the i genial influence of the returning warmth of the sun:* During this month " All nature sesms it work, — slugs leave their lair — The bees are...are on the wing — And winter, slumbering in the opeu air, Weal's on his smiling face a dream of spring. "t Many birds of passage now quit the more... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...that 'sfair WORK WITHOUT HOPE. LINKS COMPOSED 21ST FEBRUARY, 1827. All Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair — The bees are stirring — birds...thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I ken the banka where amaranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...21ST FEBRUARY, 1827. All Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter, slumbering in the open...thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...21ST FEBRUARY, 1827. All Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter, slumbering in the open...unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor stng. Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar... | |
 | Miles's Boy (pseud) - 1845 - 602 pages
...forestall them quite; his "Spring meeting!" being kept up alt through the n">n(,T quarters. Rural. All nature seems at work : slugs leave their lair—...open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring ! Trout begin to rise In the rivers, the smelt spawns, and blood worms appear in the water. Moles in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— Jlnd Winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling...thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...SlST FEBRUARY, 1827. All Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring 1 And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow, Hare traced... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...dream of Life. WORK WITHOUT HOPE. LINES COMPOSED SlST FEBRUARY, 1827. ALL Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair — The bees are stirring — Birds are on the wing — And Winter, slumbering in [he open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring ! And I, the while, the sole unbusy tiling,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...that 'sfavr WORK WITHOUT HOPE. LINES COMPOSED 21sT FEBRUARY, 1827. All Nature seems at work. Stags leave their lair— The bees are stirring — birds are on the wing — Jittd Winter, slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring ! And I,... | |
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