| 1825 - 508 pages
...tree he loves best ! Thus too had I chosen One knight for my own : Him my eye had selected, Him prized I alone. But other fair ladies Have envied my joy; And why ? for I sought not Their bliss to destroj,. As to thee, lovely summer ! Returns the bird's strain — As on yonder green linden The leaves... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...watch'd for her lover A falcon fiew near. " Happy falcon !" she cried, " Who can fly where he 1Ы, And can choose in the forest The tree he loves best...And why ? for I sought not Their bliss to destroy. 1245 1248 *' At to thee, lovely summer ! Returns the birds' strain, As on yonder green linden The leaves... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...loves best ! '' Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for mine own. Him my eye b?.d scleclcd. Him prig'd , From converse with a child,with anght on 7 for I sought net Their bliss to dcslrov. " A« to thee, lovely sommer ! Return» the bird«' «train.... | |
| Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 pages
...loves best ! " Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for mine own, Him my eye had selected, Him prized I alone. But other fair ladies Have envied my joy : And why ? for I sought not WOODNOTES. " As to thee, lovely Summer ! Returns the bird's strain ; As on yonder green linden The... | |
| M. O. Stevens - 1847 - 322 pages
...he loves best! "Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for mine own. Him my eye had selected, Him prized I alone. But other fair ladies Have envied my joy; And why? for I sought not 'TI Their bliss to destroy. « "As to thee, lovely summer! Returns the bird's strain, As on yonder... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 822 pages
...loves best ! " Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for mine own, Him my eye had selected, Him prized I alone : But other fair ladies Have envied my joy ; And why ? for I sought not Their blies to destroy. "As to thee, lovely summer, Returns the birds' strain, As on yonder green linden... | |
| 302 pages
...fair. As she watch'd for her lover A falcon flew near. "Happy falcon !" she cried, " who ran fly whero he list, And can choose in the forest The tree he...; So constant doth grief At my eyes overflow ! And will r.ot thou, dearest, Return to me now ? " Yes, come, my own, here, All others desert ! When first... | |
| Gustav Solling - 1863 - 436 pages
...loves best!' ' Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for my own, Him my eyes had selected, Him prized I alone: But other fair ladies Have envied my joy;...And why? for I sought not Their bliss to destroy.' So wol dir, sumenvunne ! Daz gevogel sane ist gesunde ; also ist dcr linden ir lonp. lar Line trnobcnt... | |
| Gustav Solling - 1863 - 444 pages
...I chosen Him prized I alone: But other fair ladies One knight for my own, Him my eyes had selected, Have envied my joy; And why? for I sought not Their bliss to destroy.' There sat upon the linden-tree A bird, and sang its strain; So sweet it sang that, as I heard, My heart... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 954 pages
...loves best ! " Thus, too, had I chosen One knight for mine own, Him my eye had selected, Him prized I alone : But other fair ladies Have envied my joy...overflow, And wilt not thou, dearest, Return to me now ? 11 Yes, come, my own hero, All others desert ! When first my eye saw thee, How graceful thou wert... | |
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