 May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot, and blossom, wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though woo'd by...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore - Page 392by Thomas Moore - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 pages
...assigned to the French. MY MOTHER. THEY tell us of an Indian tree, Which,— howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...blossom wide and high,— Far better loves to bend its anna Downwards again to that dear earth, From which the life that fills and warms Its grateful being... | |
 | John J. Pool - 1894 - 486 pages
...mother. The poet sweetly sings : " They tell me of an Indian tree Which, howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...blossom wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downwards again to that dear earth From which the life that fills and warms Its grateful being first... | |
 | John J. Pool - 1894 - 486 pages
...mother. The poet sweetly sings : " They tell me of an Indian tree Which, howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...blossom wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downwards again to that dear earth From which the life that fills and warms Its grateful being first... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1895 - 838 pages
...MOTHER. WRITTEN IN A POCKET BOOK, lSZ2. THEY tell us of an Indian tree, Which, howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'T is thus, tho' wooed by flattering friends, And fed with fame (//"fame it be) This heart, my own... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1895 - 874 pages
...WRITTEN IN A POCKET BOOK, l822. THEY tell us of an Indian tree, Which, howsoc'er the sun and sky \lajr tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and blossom...fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee! Tisthus, tho' wooed... | |
 | John P. Gunning - 1900 - 264 pages
...following lines in her pocket-book: They tell us of an Indian tree Which—howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free And shoot and...warms Its grateful being first had birth. "Tis thus, tho' woo'd by flattering friends And fed with fame, if fame it be, This heart, my own dear mother,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 390 pages
...infancy. TO MY MOTHER By THOMAS MOORE They tell us of an Indian tree Which howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though wooed by flattering friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be), This heart, my own dear mother, bends,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1916 - 400 pages
...infancy. TO MY MOTHER BY THOMAS MOORE They tell us of an Indian tree Which howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though wooed by flattering friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be), This heart, my own dear mother, bends,... | |
 | Elizabeth McCracken - 1917 - 228 pages
...away again. Anna M. Wells TO MY MOTHER THEY tell us of an Indian tree Which howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'T is thus, though wooed by flattering friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be), This heart, my own... | |
 | Elizabeth McCracken - 1917 - 234 pages
...away again. Anna M. Wells TO MY MOTHER THEY tell us of an Indian tree Which howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot and...fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. T is thus, though wooed by flattering friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be), This heart, my own... | |
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