| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 sider
...Have you marked but the fall o' the snow, Before the soil hath smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt o' the bud o' the brier ? Or the nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O so soft ! O so sweet is she ! ' '... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 556 sider
...marked but the fall o' the snow, Before the soil hath smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of beaver I Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt o' the bud o' the brier I Or the nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? 0 so white ! 0 so soft ! 0 so sweet... | |
| Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 sider
...the fall o' the snow, Before the soil hath smutched it? A HYMN TO WAN A. Have you felt the wool of beaver? Or swan's down ever? Or have smelt o' the bud o' the brier? Or the nard in the fire? Or have tasted the bag of the bee? O so white! O so soft! O so sweet is she! THE GRACE... | |
| Mary Cecil Hay - 1874 - 308 sider
...hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall of the snow Before the soil hath smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver, Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt i' the bud of the briar, Or the nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? Oh, so white... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 sider
...hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall o' the snow Before the soil hath smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of the Beaver? Or Swan's down ever? Or have smel t of the bud of the brier ? ON A GIRDLE. THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 490 sider
...hands have touch 'd it ? Have you mar kd but the fall of the snow, Before the soil hath smutch 'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt d the bud of the brier ? Or the nard in the fire? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O, so white IO,... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1875 - 494 sider
...hands have toucKd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall of the snow, Before the soil hath smutcKd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or /tave smelt o' the bud of the brier ? Or the nard in the fire1? Or have tasted tJie bag of the bee... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 sider
...hands have touched it ? Have you marked but the fall of the snow Before the soil hath smutched it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver, Or swan's down ever ? 3 Or have smelled of the bud o' the brier ? Or the 'nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of... | |
| Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 sider
...Have you marked but the fall o' the snow Before the soil hath smutched it? Have you felt the wool of beaver ? Or swan's down ever? Or have smelt o' the bud o' the brier? Or the nard in the fire? Or have tasted the bag of the bee? O so white! O so soft! O so sweet is she! V. HIS DISCOURSE... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 sider
...can be nothing invidious in giving. In conveying an idea of female softness and sweetness, he asks: " Have you felt the wool of the beaver, Or swan's down ever ? Or have smelt o' the bud of the briar, Or the nard in the fire 1" Now " the swan's down " is a striking and beautiful image... | |
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