 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...stood to see The holly-tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Order'd by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's...circling fence, its leaves are seen, Wrinkled and keen ; Xo grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But, as they grow where nothing... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...stood to see The holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Order'd by an Intelligence so wise, As might confound the...keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unann'd the pointless leaves... | |
 | Robert Southey - Christian saints - 1858 - 534 pages
...0 READER ! hast them ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. II. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen, No grazing cattle through their... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...READER ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-Tree Î The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an Intelligence so wise...keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour - 1859 - 492 pages
...0 reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well, perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an Intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sophistries. Fig. 86. — Spiny leaf of Holly (flex Aguifolhtm). The spines are formed by the hardened extremities... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 pages
...0 reader! hast thou ever stood to see The holly-tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise...keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves... | |
 | Hilderic Friend - Flowers - 1885 - 276 pages
..."O, reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an Intelligence so wise As might confound an atheist's sophistries. " Below a circling fence its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Order'd hy an Intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries. Below, a cireling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No gra1ing cattle through their prickly round... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the...keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1888 - 698 pages
...stood to see The Holly Tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the...keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wourd ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unann'd the pointless leaves... | |
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Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. 
