 | Gems - 1884 - Страниц: 408
...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...and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly ronnd Can reach to wound ; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - Страниц: 266
...Kehama," are the names of his larger works.] 1. O reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy...wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. 2. Below a circling fence its leaves are seen, Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly... | |
 | Hilderic Friend - 1885 - Страниц: 276
...lines which we may here take the liberty of quoting. "O, reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives...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 - 1885 - Страниц: 702
...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - Страниц: 698
...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...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 appear.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - Страниц: 360
...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 I love to view these things with curious eyes, And moralise : And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree... | |
 | John Wilson - 1889 - Страниц: 206
...now* in the Bewick Club Exhibition, in Newcastle. THE HOLLY. " Hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ! The eye that contemplates it well perceives...Ordered by an Intelligence so wise As might confound an atheist's sophistries." This much-admired plant is botanically known as Ilex aquifolia. Though generally... | |
 | Jane Hancox Newell - 1889 - Страниц: 232
...O Reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly -tree? The eye that contemplates it will perceive 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... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - Страниц: 640
...see me coming, Nor hear my low sweet humming; O READER! hast thou ever stood to see The holly-tree! The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy...keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round, For in the starry night, And the glad morning light, I come quietly creeping everywhere. Here I come... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - 1894 - Страниц: 296
...called the Spinning Jenny ? Xll. THE HOLLY TREE. i. O reader, hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it, well perceives...Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheists' sophistries. n. Below a circling fence its leaves are seen, O Wrinkled and keen. No grazing... | |
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The eye that contemplates it well, perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. 
