 Full fain it would delay me! My dear babe, Who, capable of no articulate sound, Mars all things with his imitative lisp, How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen!  Recreations of Christopher North - Page 101by John Wilson - 1857Full view - About this book
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly, And now for our dear homes. — That strain again? Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's play-mate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 314 pages
...in arms. Remember Coleridge's beautiful lines to the Nightingale: — "That strain again! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! and I deem it wise To make him Nature's child." How we come to li ye the Birds of Bewick, and White, and... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pages
...his wanton song, Like tipsy joy that reels with tossing head. Full fain it would delay me ! My clear babe, Who, capable of no articulate sound, Mars all...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! and I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening star : and once when he awoke... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 712 pages
...for our dear homes. — That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, calmble of no articulate sound, Mars all things with his imitative...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly. And now for our dear homes 1 — That strain again! Full fain it would delay .me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! and I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening star : and once when he awoke... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 460 pages
...arms. Remember Coleridge's beautiful lines to the Nightingale r — " That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...And bid us listen ! and 1 deem it wise To make him Natures child" How we come to love the Birds of Bewick, and White, and the two Wilsons, and Montague,... | |
 | 1864 - 148 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly, And now for our dear homes. — That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who capable of no...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once when he awoke... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 426 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly, And now for our dear homes. — That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 432 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly, And now for our dear homes. — That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...have been loitering long and pleasantly : And now for our dear homes. That strain again ! Full fain it would delay me ! My dear babe, Who, capable of...hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him nature's playmate. He knows well The evening star ; and once, when he awoke... | |
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