 NOT for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield, I bend at Ceres' shrine ; For dull to humid eyes appear The golden glories of the year ; Alas ! a melancholy worship's mine ! I hail the goddess for her scarlet flower....  The Belfast Monthly Magazine - Page 3931811Full view - About this book
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
...Enshroud me far from men, in deep repose. BAMPFYLDE. TO THE POPPY. NOT for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...brilliant weed That dost so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow, Heedless I pass'd thee in Life's morning hour (Thou comforter of woe),... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...Enshroud me far from men, in deep repose. BAMPFYLDE. TO THE POPPY. Nor for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...brilliant weed That dost so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow, Heedless I pass'd thee in Life's morning hour (Thou comforter of woe),... | |
 | 1823 - 614 pages
...follows. ' Not for the promise of the laboured fields, Nor for the good the yellow harvest yields, I bend at Ceres' shrine : For dull to humid eyes appear,...brilliant weed, That dost so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow, Heedless I passed dice in life's morning hour, Thou comforter of woe !... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pages
...follows. ' Not for the promise of the laboured fields, Nor for the good the yellow harvest yields, I bend at Ceres' shrine : For dull to humid eyes appear,...brilliant weed, That dost so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow, Heedless I passed thee in life's morning hour, Thou comforter of woe !... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1825 - 472 pages
...Charlotte Smith. Ode to the Poppy. (First printed in Smith's Desmond.) NOT for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...glories of the year ; Alas ! a melancholy worship's mine : t I hail the goddess for her scarlet flower ! Thou brilliant weed, That dost so far exceed * Not,... | |
 | 1828 - 482 pages
...begins with the following melodious piece of melancholy :— " Not for the promise of the laboured field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...mine : " I hail the Goddess for her scarlet flower," &c. In other words, the fair and flourishing lady of quality took opium -, which, we believe, was the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 460 pages
...Poppy," begins with the following melodious piece of melancholy:— " Not for the promise of the laboured field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...glories of the year : Alas! a melancholy worship's mine : " 1 hail the Goddess for her scarlet flower," &c. In other words, the fair and flourishing lady of... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...melodious piece of melancholy : — •• i •. * • •' . " Not for the promise of the laboured field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...glories of the year : Alas ! a melancholy worship's mine : " 1 hail the Goddess for her scarlet flower," &c. In other words, the fair and flourishing lady of... | |
 | 1833 - 636 pages
...Charlotte Smith, and that it commenced something like what follows : " Not for the promise of the labour'd field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield, I bend at Ceres' shrine. I woo thee, Goddess, for thy scarlet flower," &c. Surely even the verse deserves consideration —... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1847 - 316 pages
...Poppy," begins with the following melodious piece of melancholy :— "Not for the promise of the labored field, Not for the good the yellow harvests yield,...mine: " I hail the Goddess for her scarlet flower," Sic. In other words, the flourishing lady of quality took opium; which, we suspect, was the case with... | |
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