 The poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot Sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead. That is the grasshopper's : he takes the lead In summer luxury — he has never...  The Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 2501828Full view - About this book
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...The gnats Their murmuring small trumpets sounden wide : — SPENSER. and here and .there the little musician of the grass touches forth his tricksy note....trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead : That is the grasshopper's. -.. . KEATS. Besides some of the flowers of last month,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...colours ; and the grasshopper, too, chirps his merry note, From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead, When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees. Flying ants quit their nests, and the dew-moth, , and Granville butterfly, make their appearance :... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 358 pages
...lot of frail humanity. In winter we complain of cold ; in spring we complain of rain : in summer, ' when all the birds are faint with the hot sun, and hide in trees,' we fail not to complain of the parching heat and the sultry air. Shall we say, then, that man... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...sounden wide : — Spenser. and here and there the little musician of the grass touches forth his tricsky note. The poetry of earth is never dead, — • When...trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead : That is the grasshopper's. — Keats. Besides some of the flowers of last month,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...tone. The gnats Their murmuring small trumpets soundea wide ; Speiuer. and here and there the little musician" of the grass touches forth his tricksy note....trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead: That is the grasshopper's. Keats. " Besides some of the flowers of last month, there... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...tone. The gnats Their murmuring small trumpets sonnden wide ; Spetuer. and here and there the tittle musician of the grass touches forth his tricksy note....trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mowm mead : That is the grasshopper's. Kealt. " Besides some of the flowers of last month,... | |
 | Isabella Jane Towers - English fiction - 1830 - 336 pages
...sunny skies and playful breezes shall invite them to the shade of leafy arbours. At that sweet time, " When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees;" when the fervent voice of the grasshopper chirping in his torrid joy, " runs From hedge to hedge, about... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1852 - 434 pages
...trumpets sounden wide ;" while here and there the little musician in the grass touches forth his tricksey note. " The Poetry of Earth is never dead — When...trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge, about the new mown mead — That is the grasshopper's." It is a delightful thing to walk into the park on... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1832 - 498 pages
...of our poor humanity. In winter, we complain of cold ; in spring, we complain of rain ; in summer, " when all the birds are faint with the hot sun, and hide in trees," we fail not to complain of the parching heat and the sultry air. Shall we say, then, that man... | |
 | 1836 - 98 pages
...gravest tune. The gnats, Their murmuring small trumpets sounden wide, and here and there, the little musician of the grass touches forth his tricksy note...trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead ; That is the grasshopper 'я. ** Besides some of the flowers of last month, there... | |
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