| Marlborough College (Marlborough, England). Natural History Society - 1877 - 606 páginas
...should first drink of it was to enjoy domestic sovereignty afterwards. Spoken of by Sonthey as " A well there is in the west country And a clearer one never...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above, Droops to... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 páginas
...drink thereof, they get the mastery thereby." — FULLER. A WELL there is in the West country, Aud a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife...country But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak anil an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 páginas
...Scott Header, Nelson's Royal School Series, p. 163, Note 40.) THE WELL OF ST. EEYNE. A WELL there is_ in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen...; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard1 of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand And behind does an ash tree grow ; And... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 páginas
...an obsolete word, meaning if. 2. An oak, and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind doea an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above, Droops to the water below. 3. A traveler came to the well of St. Keyne : Joyfully he drew nigh, For from cock-crow he had been... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 páginas
...has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, and behind does an ash-tree grow, and a willow from the bank above droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyiie ; joyfully he drew nigh, for from cock-crow he had been travelling, and there was not a cloud... | |
| Robert Southey - 1880 - 728 páginas
...should be accused hereafter of having committed the plagiarism which has been practised npon it. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A. traveller came... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 páginas
...that, whether husband or wife first drank thereof, they get the mastery thereby —THOMAS FULLER. WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind does an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to... | |
| Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 páginas
...sound as if with the Inchcape Bell, The Devil below was ringing his knelL THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came... | |
| Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 páginas
...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the...Well of St. Keyne, Joyfully he drew nigh, For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the" water so cool... | |
| Abby Sage Richardson - 1892 - 460 páginas
...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the...well of St. Keyne, Joyfully he drew nigh, For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool... | |
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