 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1826 - 550 pages
...And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle-boughs.''-' — " Not there, not there, my child!" I« it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things?"... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1828 - 594 pages
...blows, —" Not there, not there, my child !" And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle-boughs r* Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?—• Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, Or, 'midst the gree.i islands of glittering seas,... | |
 | Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...it where the flower of the orange blows, And the ßre-flies glance through the myrtle-boughs ?" —" Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1827 - 370 pages
...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" " Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the...feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under many skies ?— Or 'midst the green islands on glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" —" Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...myrtle boughs r" —"Not there, not there, my child!" VOL. II. 17 " Is it where the feather-palm trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies.' Or midst the green islands of glittering sea, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...through the myrtle boughs ?' ' Not there, not there, my child !' ' Is it where the feathery palm trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?— Or 'midst the green islands on glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, 168 THE POETICAL MELANGE. And strange... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle-boughs ?' —" Not there, not there, my child! " " Is it where the...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things?"... | |
 | Emily Taylor - Christian poetry - 1829 - 300 pages
...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs! —" Not there, not there, my child! " " Is it where the...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things... | |
 | Cabinet album - English literature - 1830 - 414 pages
...it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs V —" Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it where the...glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things... | |
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Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies?— Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the hreeze, And strange, bright birds, on their starry... 
