 Still there's a sense of blossoms yet unborn In the sweet airs of morn; One almost looks to see the very street Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before...  War Poetry of the South - Page 333edited by - 1867 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Readers - 1899 - 434 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace gate Some wonderous pageant; and you scarce would start If, from a beech's heart, A blue-eyed Dryad, stepping... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 408 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace gate Some wonderous pageant; and you scarce would start If, from a beech's heart, A blue-eyed Dryad, stepping... | |
 | Martha Capps Oliver - Nature - 1900 - 458 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...stepping forth, should say, " Behold me! I am May! " (Htver DEEP, deep, and clear and strong, Brimming its termless tide, The river flows along, Murmuring... | |
 | Harrison Robertson - Trustee Collection - 1901 - 340 pages
...could memorize them: " ' At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...stepping forth, should say, " Behold me ! I am May." ' " What charming poems Arthur Ferae knows," Rosalie went on without a pause. " Don't you think so?... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1901 - 284 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...stepping forth, should say, " Behold me ! I am May ! " MARION'S MEN. BY WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS. The partisan had managed admirably, but he was now compelled... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children's literature - 1901 - 284 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...stepping forth, should say, " Behold me ! I am May ! " MARION'S MEN. BY WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS. The partisan had managed admirably, but he was now compelled... | |
 | 1901 - 208 pages
...comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Some wonderous pageant; and you scarce would start, If, from a beech's...stepping forth, should say, "Behold me! I am May!" THE DEATH OF GARFIELD. JAMES G. ELAINE. (From a Memorial Address on " The Life and Character of James... | |
 | James Lawrence Onderdonk - American poetry - 1901 - 408 pages
...South Carolina," — " At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...wondrous pageant; and you scarce would start If from a bench's heart, A blue-eyed Dryad, stepping forth, would say, ' Behold me ! I am May ! ' " To the New... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 250 pages
...Grow purple at his feet. At times a fragrant breeze comes floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace...wondrous pageant ; and you scarce would start, If from some beech's heart A blue-eyed dryad, stepping forth, should say, " Behold me ! I am May ! " -£378;... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...floating by, And brings, you know not why, A feeling as when eager crowds await Before a palace-gate eopW 2 Along the building grass. And weeks go by, before the enamored > South l^hall kiss the rose's mouth.... | |
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