 The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding; and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May. The welcome guest of settled Spring...  Beachy Head: With Other Poems - Page 79by Charlotte Smith - 1807 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1807 - 616 pages
...with o erwhclmiitg vehemence Just at sun-set, when thrushes siug. ing from his rugg.-d couch, went 1 saw her dash with rapid wing, And hail'd her as she pass'd. .. ... And hazarding a life, too T.<luc-U-ss, He waded thro' tho waves, with plank or Come, summer... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...SWALLOW. BY CHARLOTTE SMITtl. THE gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are fW» The oaks are budding; ; and beneath, The hawthorn...thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hailed her as she passed. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...a friend, preferr'd, To liberty without. ODE to the SWAIIOW. Written by Charlotte Smith. THE gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers...I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hail'd her as sh« pass'd. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed-roof your nest of clay,. And let my ear your... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...otherwise, much annoy and incommode us. The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowera are gay, The oaks are budding, and beneath The hawthorn...thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hailed her as she passed. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Crown Imperials adorn the comers of the parterres. Verses on Spring, by Charlotte Smith, The Corse is yellow on the heath, The banks with Speedwell flowers...Thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hailed her as she passed. Come, summer visitant, attach To my old roof your nest of clay, And let my... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1825 - 472 pages
...budding ; and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May. The felcome guest of settled Spring, The Swallow too is come at...as she pass'd. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed-roof your nest of clay, And let my ear your music catch, Low twittering underneath the thatch,... | |
 | S. Waring - Birds - 1832 - 286 pages
...the news to his mates of the nursery and the school-room, and they rejoice in the pleasant tidings. " The welcome guest of settled spring, The swallow too...saw her dash with rapid wing. And hail'd her as she past."* * Charlotte Smith. 2 £ U THE SWALLOW. What joy, welcome herald, thou bringest To our homes... | |
 | S. Waring - Birds - 1832 - 284 pages
...the news to his mates of the nursery and the school-room, and they rejoice in the pleasant tidings. " The welcome guest of settled spring, The swallow too...saw her dash with rapid wing, And hail'd her as she past."* Charlotte Smith. © 2 THE SWALLOW. What joy, welcome herald, thou bringest To our homes o'er... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...May. The welcome guest of settled spring, The swallow, too, is come at last ; At sun-set, when the thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And...as she pass'd. Come, summer visitant, attach To my old roof your nest of clay ; And let my ear your music catch, Low twittering underneath the thatch,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...isles, Ay, look, and he'll smile all thy gloom away. WC Bryant. 38.— THE FIRST SWALLOW. The gorse is yellow on the heath ; The banks with speed-well...thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hailed her as she past. Come, summer visitant, attach To my reed roof your nest of clay, And let my... | |
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