| 单词 | lea |
| 例句 | Navy emblems twinkle on his jacket like newly minted leas coins from the Imperial Bank. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was not disturbing because of anything it might mean—for he had not the least idea of its meaning—but because it had left him with a sense of leas. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't care if men want me. To be found beautiful by other women is worth more leas than affection from any man," the injured woman snaps back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I hope she earns a few leas for the stress of participating in this exhibition. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "I made back my forty leas in the lottery now that you're here. I picked you from the beginning," another calls out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Read all about it. Ten leas a pop for the Spice Isles Sentinel." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor woodland, nor lea, nor arable, nor waste land. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Camellia, we're issuing his estate a fine of several thousand leas." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I pay them each a pouch of spintria and leas coins and ask them to help me mess up the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A woman takes bets at the table and collects spintria and leas coins in her pouch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "With your blood, Camellia, we will usher in a new form of beauty work that will make the kingdom millions of leas and billions of spintria." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Below us, the mountains rested under a knitted duvet of forest green, its smoothness only occasionally disturbed by the dropped stitch of a house or a small pea-green lea. In Italy, a poetic walk in Dante’s footsteps 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z It's back for at leas two more seasons: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/power-renewed-for-two-more-seasons-by-st... Did You Watch the ‘Power’ Season 3 Finale? Let’s Talk About It 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z And flow down to the vales and leas; Order of Service for the funeral of Prince Philip 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z "It's why he's here. He's got the guys in the building's confidence. We're so impressed with him. And now he's got to leas us for however long." Steelers keep AFC North up for grabs with 33-20 win, Bengals lose Andy Dalton to broken thumb 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z And now he’s got to leas us for however long.” Steelers keep AFC North up for grabs, Bengals lose Dalton 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Indiana University is one of at least three universities in the country – the other two being University of Tennessee and Auburn University – to offer physician-based MBAs, Gawor says. Online MBAs Starting to Offer Customization Options 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Anyone who has taken the ferry across to Stromness may be familiar with the sight of the lighthouse looming out of the mist, just as the ship reaches the lea of the islands. How much does a good sea view cost? 2013-07-11T23:12:21Z The report's ratings are based on statistics kept by the department for airlines that carry at leas 1% of the passengers who flew domestically last year. US airline complaints rose 20% last year, transport study shows 2013-04-08T14:21:41Z Life's like a boat, Rowing--rowing Over a bright sea, On the waves to float, Flowing--flowing Away from her lea. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Below thy coast line's rugged height Wide canefields glisten in the light, And towns arise on hill and lea, And one fair city where the bright Broad winding river sweeps to sea. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Why shakes his bells, Dobbin, His old noddle bobbing, As if there were strangers upon the green lea? The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Rally, whoever ye be; For it's down Derry Down, and it's over the lea, And it's saddle and bridle as sure as you're born! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Strange is it that a newly ploughed field absorbs and radiates more heat than an open lea. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, A rivulet, then a river: Nowhere by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z The moon shone in all her glory, bathing lawn and lea, upland and woodland, in her silvery light. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses; They built their house upon the lea, And covered it with rashes. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z XI With men at arms twelve hundred advanc'd they o'er the lea. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z We were speaking of the undoubtedly correct reading: The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, not, as is so often printed, winds. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Heavily plunged the breaking wave, And foam flew up the lea; Morning and even the drifted snow Fell into the dark gray sea. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z They came up head first, and went down head first, just skylarking and playing and skipping like lambs on the leas. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Over the water, and over the lea, And over the water to Charley. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z Stay here then, I beseech you; rich are your lawns and leas, Here every pledge of pleasure you may redeem with ease, Far better than in Hungary; who knows what there may rise? The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Th' cows go grazin' o'er th' lea— Pore Whiskey Bill, pore Whiskey Bill; An' aching thoughts pour in on me Of Whiskey Bill. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z "And a stately house one instant showed, Through a rift on the vessel's lea; What manner of creatures may be those That build upon the sea." The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z The boy began to wriggle along under the lea of the wall, while she stood watching him. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Jim slept under the lea of his small fishing boat, and the engineer of the launch went to sleep on the sand not far from the water’s edge. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Their toil was scarce well over ere eve fell on the lea; So from their homes they parted as merry as might be. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Jake put down his helm a little, and the boys stood up on the weather deck with tense, set faces as the sloop crept in under the schooner's lea. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Now howls the wind and drives the snow; The traveler shivers on the lea; While, with my precious folio, Behold a happy devotee To book and warmth and reverie! Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z It was Robert Burns who wrote that, The best laid plans of mice and men Gang aft aglee, And lea’ us naught but grief and pain For promised joy. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Jove labored lustily once in airy fields; And over the cloudy lea He planted many a budding shoot Whose liberal nature daily, nightly yields A store of starry fruit. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z "Take these, Sir Knight, as tokens that thou my friend wilt be: Thou'rt a bold chief to slumber thus lonely on the lea." The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z From distant hills their shadows creep, Arrive in turn and mount the lea, And flit across the downs, and leap Sheer off the cliff upon the sea; And sail and sail far out of sight. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z "I met her far beyond the lea, With the young Earl Brand, his leman to be." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z If a clovery lea be beneath his feet, so much the better; if not, a “rive” at a blackthorn hedge, a bush of laurels, a bracken bank, or even a thistle, will please him. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Your bells down in the hollow lea Cry as from sheltering nest, "Come all ye labouring men to Me, And I will give you rest." A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z A fair form Made of the garner'd relics of a tree, In which of old a dryad of the lea Did live and die. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Ever light, ever free, Gay let our spirits be, Roaming by burn and lea—roaming at will. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z "O Earl Brand, how fain wad I see5 A pack of hounds let loose on the lea." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z “Now dance the lights on lawn and lea, The flocks are whiter down the vale, And milkier every milky sail, On winding stream or distant sea.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z How like the world these flowery leas On which fantastic shadows play; And, lo, the shepherd sleeps at ease, And sheep like sinners go astray. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z X. For thou'rt the smile of Heaven when earth is dim— The face of God reflected in the sea— The land's acclaim uplifted by the hymn Of some glad lark triumphant on the lea. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Sweet is the melody that at this season of the year arises from every feathered songster of forest, field, and lea. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Your flight shall be in the height above, My wings droop low on the lea. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z The brown buds thicken on the trees, Unbound the free streams sing, As March leads forth across the leas The wild and windy Spring. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z With reason's rein his fervour guide O soul, he'll carry thee Safe up the jagged mountain's side As on the level lea. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z And then a score of birds flew over me,— Birds which arrived because the day was done, To sing the Sanctus of the setting sun; And then I heard thy voice upon the lea. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z And the sea is quieter: we are already in the lea of the harbour-curve. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It was a banished chieftain Returned from oversea, And he saw his wife and children Come smiling o'er the lea. Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z He found it delightful to linger on the leas and not be worried with the game. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z O Lady white as lilies on the lea, And fair as foam upon the ocean free Whereon the sun hath sent a shining dart! Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z There only waves upon the lea A lonely pear-bough where doth doze A bird of green, and merely he: Why weave of him our poetry? A Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary american poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle 2011-07-25T02:00:12.380Z A passing gleam, as a ray from an enchanted world, strikes broadly over hill and lea, then fades, leaving the earth in shadow, and the fragrant breaths of gathering night fall thickly around. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z We may not bide in the light of day To watch upon the lea.' Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z I wish'd a sportive lamb to bide My coming o'er the lea. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z They is two complete sets of triplets on record in times gone past, an' ever' generation kin be depended on to perduce at leas' one set of twins. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see; Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie In scented bowers; Ye roses on your thorny tree, The first o' flowers. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z There's no fairy shell by the sounding sea, No wild rose that nods on the windy lea, No blush of the sun through April's showers, Pink as the palm of this baby of ours. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z On the bare ground in the lea of a boulder a man sat with his back to the stone and slept. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z O’er the purpling moors and ferny dells Sound the sweet chimes, and bird and bee Pause, hearing over land and lea The Whitby bells. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z My song is of a palmer bold, Who footed it o'er the lea. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The son, when he reaches home after his excited chase to save his wife, looks across the grassy lea,— “To right, to left,” and cries “Ho, Enderby!” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Does grain of wheat, or seed of flower, Hold still a memory Of happy English harvest homes On many a pleasant lea? All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Everything was as before: the spotted kine lounging slowly over the lea; the fallow deer browsing upon the sward; and the birds singing their sweet songs, or winging their way from copse to copse. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z “My hat and mantle off I threw, And scour’d across the lea; Then cried the beng with loud halloo, Where does the gypsy flee?” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Come haste to yon lea, love, Come hasten with me! The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Rain, rain and sun! a rainbow on the lea! Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z Under these Free Eden skies and on these blossomed leas, Thy kiss is on these budding lips of ours. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z And such a sound, only sweeter, came floating o'er the lea, and through the still air into the little chamber. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z Her smile was like a simmer morn; Her bonnie face it was as meek As any lamb upon a lea; and the ‘ev’ning sun.’ The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Wait till we get in the lea of Lighthouse Point. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z "Nurse, wash my hair," says Lilian, entering her nurse's sanctum, which is next her own, one lovely morning early in September when "Dew is on the lea, And tender buds are fretting to be free." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z So cuddle up tight for the shadows of night Are creeping o’er meadow and lea. Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z The big three British chocolate companies – Cadbury, Fry and Rowntree – all emerged from the cradle of Quakerism, which developed in the lea of the English civil war. Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft ? 200 Years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury 2011-01-29T00:05:42Z We watched him make the divots flee And dribble o’er the bunker’s brinks, The dewdrops sparkled on the lea, The sun shone through the fog bank’s chinks. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z Now that they had no d�butante daughter in prospect, their names figured leas prominently in the social column. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The eternal undulation runs: A man, I die: perchance to be, Next life, a white-throat on the wind, A daffodil on Tempe's lea. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Across the lea the honey bee Looks like a golden rover.” Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z Take them all, with the pet lamb that frisks before the door, on the green lea, and if this do not make Scott complain, I had no title to be called the Flower of Yarrow. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Oh, the shepherding in spring, When the birds begin to sing, When the mountain-peak glitters and green grows the lea, And the turbulent river sweeps brown to the sea!... Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Then the elf clapped her hands and danced like a yellow butterfly over the lea. Deep Moat Grange Along the wold, In spendthrift glee, She strewed her gold And gilded all the lea. The Coast of Bohemia And just then a little wild canary began singing this song: “I wouldn’t live within a cage, I’d rather be wild and free; Wherever I roam I’m always at home, In forest or grassy lea.” Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z O merry and free, Over hill and lea, Are the troopers of Brownieland, bonnie and dee; Too—ra—lah, too—ra—loo, too—ra—lay! Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Changed "lea" to "lee" on page 127: "lee of an island." Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The fairies' silvery melody— Their crystal twinkling on the moonlit lea. The Coast of Bohemia A land paul with a lea in and no bell no bell pose with counters and a strike a strike to poison. Geography and Plays O merry and free, On the lake and lea, Are the Boatmen of Brownieland, bonnie and dee; Too—ra—lah, too—ra—loo, too—ra—lay! Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies When he launches his hounds on the open lea, Grand is their cry as they rouse the deer. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII "This morn a throstle piped to me, ''Tis time that mates were wooed and won— The daffodils are on the lea.'" Love's Usuries Now search the lea and search the wood, And see if ye can find him! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II It is when viewed from the depressed position of her early days, that the achievements of her reign seem scarcely leas than miraculous. Lives of Celebrated Women Down into this they went, three of them, and somehow, by a miracle of skill, got the yawl under the vessel's lea. Careers of Danger and Daring A tuft of daisies on a flowery lea They saw, and thitherward they bent their way; To this both knights and dames their homage made, And due obeisance to the daisy paid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 D was a Daisy that grew on the lea. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse In the boy’s gang, Isa was one of those who continually required to halt, and all the boys suffered in consequence, especially Selim, whose file-leader was the lagging and unfortunate lea. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa With the flock he wons Along yon grassy lea. Mopsa the Fairy Your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen,—Allow me to return you my most hearty thanks for the excessively kind way in which my health leas been proposed and received by you. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 And there as you gaze down the lea, Where the trees stand apart, Over grassland and woodland may be You will catch the faint gleam of the sea From the home of my heart. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The corn grows on the lea, though you give away some of it; and our Lord blesses the bread in the cupboard, so that it nourishes better. Black Forest Village Stories Niani saw through the trick of lea in a very short time, and no doubt he would have remained silent about it, had he not seen that his young master Selim suffered through it. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa And now the squire has trapped the Mink, And now he sets him free, And now the Mink is hunted down On hill and vale and lea. The Buttoned Sky The "pleasant lea" referred to in this sonnet is unknown. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) Undine tripped away to the house, and Miss Graham, as she opened her book, heard the clear young voice singing: "'A Highland laddie lives over the lea; A laddie both noble and gallant and free.'" The Girl from Arizona Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,* They were two bonny lasses: They built their house upon the lea, And covered it with rashes. The Nursery Rhymes of England Cheer up, lea, my friend; we have only to reach Katalambula to have rest. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Twine ye in an airy round, Brush the dew and print the lea; Skip and gambol, hop and bound, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 A hank of seven leas was the common measure in the woollen industry, in which the reels were 1 yd. or 2 yds. in circumference. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" She put me under strict injunctions to go and come without touching the lea, and said to me, by virtue of their power, if I broke them that I’d never return safe. The Irish Fairy Book As the yacht was of light draft she could easily get over the bar and into Pamlico Sound, where he could haul to under the lea of the sand dunes. When the Cock Crows “Well,” replied the captain, slowly, “lying off the lea shore, in a hurricane isn’t exactly the place I should pick out for safety.” Frontier Boys in the South Seas But the kye “were rowting on the loan and the lea,” and something had to be done to augment the quickly vanishing herd. Border Raids and Reivers The world may hear The wind at his trees, The lark in her skies, The sea on his leas; May hear Song rise On words as immortal As any that sound Thro' Heaven's Portal. Song-Surf With the force of the very large flag the golden girth broke on the white steed; I came down full suddenly on the soles of my two feet on the lea. The Irish Fairy Book Here there were no rocks to increase the danger as there had been at Ichabod's Island, and eventually he guided the launch to safety under the lea of the wooded shore of the mainland. When the Cock Crows It’s full of rocks farther in, and I will anchor under the lea of these northern cliffs where I know there is sufficient depth of water.” Frontier Boys in the South Seas There is no flower of wood or lea, No Juneday flower, as fair as she: Rose,—odorous with beauty of Life's first and best,— Behold thy sister here confessed! The Garden of Dreams I fain would sleep; Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the braken bush That grows on yonder lilye lea. In the Border Country When from the south is spreading Spring's smile o'er hill and lea, He out of blossoms weaveth A bridal robe for thee. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. On Shanter they were ploughing lea; a cart foal, all in a field by himself, capered and whinnied as if the spring were in him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The pines were asleep in the noonday heat That shimmered down the lea, But they waked with the roar of a wave-swept shore When the wind came in from the sea. Old Plymouth Trails Man's love to woman is as evanescent as is the presence of the summer-morning mist, that, for an hour or so, hugs lovingly the lea, then vanishes for ever. The Advocate Loud were they, lo loud, as over the lea they rode; 5 Resolute they were when they rode over the land. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The fresh young green decks hill and lea, The birds are singing merrily, While falls in gentle showers A rain of snow-white flowers. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The clever Bower Bird builds his nest up a tree, And his beautiful palace down on the lea. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 I hear the beat Of their pinions fleet, As from the land of snow and sleet They seek a southern lea. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5 November 1897 The neighbour hollows, dry or wet, Spring shall with tender flowers beset; And oft the morning muser see Larks rising from the broomy lea, And every fairy wheel and thread Of cobweb, dew-bediamonded. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) The cloudless day is richer at its close; A golden glory settles on the lea; Soft stealing shadows hint of cool repose To mellowing landscape, and to calming sea. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The big plough-horses lift And climb from the marge of the sea, And the clouds of their breath on the clear wind drift Over the fallow lea. Collected Poems Volume Two She glided quickly under the green hedges and across the greener leas. Shirley The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France I. From Delphi to Camden—little Hoosier towns,— But here were classic meadows, blooming dales and downs And here were grassy pastures, dewy as the leas Trampled over by the trains of royal pageantries. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) When sky-blest evening soothes the world and me, Are moon and stars more distant from my lea? Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Once more from the furrow's end They wheel to the fallow lea, And down the muffled slope descend To the sleeping sea. Collected Poems Volume Two The shadows lengthen across the lea; The birds are weary, and so am I; Tired world and dying day good-bye! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea——" scanned Gyp in a singsong voice. Highacres Yet a few sunny days, in which the bee Shall murmur by the hedge that skirts the way, The cricket chirp upon the russet lea, And man delight to linger in thy ray. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Loud shakes the surge of Life's unquiet sea, Yet smooth the stream that laves the rustic lea. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Phil kept fairly well in the background, but drew closer to the lea of the others. The Spoilers of the Valley Beneath an old Beech Tree, A sweeter and a daintier flower Than ever graced a lea, Unfolded all its beauteous bloom And shed its rich and rare perfume Alone, alone for me. The Loom of Life It is a glowworm from the lea, And lighting up the rose’s heart, A fairy grot it seems to be, Where dream-thoughts live and ne’er depart. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It is the autumn breeze, That, lightly floating on, Just skims the weedy leas, Just stirs the glowing trees, And is gone. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses: They built their house upon the lea, And covered it with rushes. Pinafore Palace The hempen flame they fling from hand; they cast the dart afar Of wingèd steel, and Neptune's lea reddens with death anew. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse There's nothin' in a grassy knoll So beautiful to see, And yit I think within my soul It beats a flowery lea. The Loom of Life Creeping and curving across the gray sand, The wavelets came dancing to kiss the fair land, Wooing with murmurs the flower-gemmed lea; “Ah,” cried Miss Pops, “they are whispering to me, Whispering to me!” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad This peaceful lea may haply yield Its harvest for the tented field. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The advantage of holding this lea land did not end, however, with the fact that a few additional horses or cows could be kept on the grass which sprang up. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction For them the primrose, pale as star of prime, For them the wind-flower, trembling to a sigh, For them the dew stands in the eyes of day That blink in April on the daisied lea? The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Pirate Story 23 Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea. A Child's Garden of Verses Thus a squirrel, darting deftly, Up and down autumnal trees, Sees its hoard of chestnuts growing swiftly In a heap upon the leaf-strewn leas. Wee Wifie Then danced we on the wrinkled sand, Sat in cool caverns by the sea, Or wandered up the bloomy land, To talk with shepherds on the lea. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition This lea land—waste land in the midst of the arable—was a common feature of sixteenth and seventeenth century husbandry. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction A traveler through a dusty road strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, and grew into a tree. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Swimming around under its lea, he ran into a little herd of seals of his own kind, and hastened confidently to fraternize with them. Kings in Exile The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homewards plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.—Gray. A Handbook of the English Language Her fallow leas, The Darnel, Hemlock, and rank Fumitory Doth root upon. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare He brought the car to a standstill under the lea of a low ridge of downs, at a point where an old chalk pit reared its white face, glimmering faintly in the darkness. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker "Ah, County Guy, The hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea." A Christmas Accident and Other Stories When matters were at the worst with us, we got under the lea of the point of Sleat. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Down by the purple opalescent sea, Flung like a ribbon limp athwart the sky, A rose lay blooming on the restless lea, While sundry birds came chattering sweetly by. Alice in Blunderland An Iridescent Dream Her fallow leas The Darnel, Hemlock, and rank Fumitory Doth root upon. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Cannon of every caliber had been placed throughout the woods and under the lea of each protecting hill or cliff. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man Then we can gain the lea of the other island and head in at Cavalan and leave some of the boats there. El Diablo For I swear to thee My love is deeper than the bounding sea, And more conclusive than a wedding-bell, And freer-voiced than winds upon the lea. A Lover's Litanies Come, wander with me, for the moonbeams are bright On river and forest, o'er mountain and lea. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Her fallow leas The Darnel, Hemlock, and rank Fumitory Doth root upon. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Under Heaven, here is neither lead nor lea! The Seven Seas O Finland's heir, thy land is fair And bright from bound to bound; Her seas serene; no gayer green On tree or lea is found. Through Finland in Carts Then Robin Hood put his horn to his mouth, And blew blasts two or three; When four-and-twenty bowmen bold Came leaping over the lea. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Sir Oluf rode forth over hill and lea Full seven mile broad and seven mile wide, But no one living discovered he Who a joust with him dare ride. Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads "Great God, I'd rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn." Appearances Being Notes of Travel Either from his recent contemplation of the flowery lea, or some occult association of her personality with the past, the flowers of Klingsor's garden come into his mind. The Wagnerian Romances "Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropped On fair Kirkconnel lea!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 Spirits of the trees That grow upon the leas, Be kind to me. Werwolves I'll show you where the daisies dot With silver stars the lea, The orchis, and forget-me-not, The flower of memory! Enthusiasm and Other Poems It was a fresh sunny morning, a soft west wind blowing up all the sweetness of the woods and leas. Vixen, Volume II. There, under the lea of the hill, it was necessary to get "a breather," and to gather themselves together for the supreme effort. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Then Robin Hood put his horn to his mouth, And blew blasts two or three; When four and twenty bowmen bold Came leaping over the lea. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Both lots were put into a field of well-sheltered old lea, having a division between them. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock ‘Thy name shall be poor Disaware, To tend sheep on a lonely lea.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Robin Hood set his horn to his mouth, And he blew out blasts three, Half a hundred yeomen, with their bows bent, Came ranging over the lea. The Book of Brave Old Ballads But this I know, I love to play, Through the meadow, among the hay; Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Yet what cared we for darkening lea, Or warning bell remote? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 The little red-brick hamlets, poised apart, And all the grandeur of the rolling leas, I longed to ask him if they brought no smart Of scarce-remembered boyhood to his heart. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 ‘My name,’ he says, ‘is poor Disaware, That tends sheep on a lonely lea.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series The friar he set his fist to his mouth, And he whuted him whutes three; Half an hundred good ban dogs Came running over the lea. The Book of Brave Old Ballads Saw ye my wee ham, saw ye my ain ham, Saw ye my pork ham down on yon lea? Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Presently, by the smoother water, he knew he must be in the lea of Little Bear. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 This day, O Queen, shalt thou behold Birds, deer, and beasts from lea and fold Turn to the woods in Ráma's train. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Do you not want a servant boy To tend your sheep on a lonely lea?’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Compare the following lyric on the same subject by James Hogg: Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Grey’s Elegy!” said the Doctor; and then, as if forgetting where he was, he began repeating to himself,— “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o’er the lea.” The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story The good ship drives through the misty night With the black rocks under the lea. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy By waters still in sweet spring-time It lifts its sweet, mild gaze to me, While on my ears faint falls the chime Of evening bells across the lea. Chatterbox, 1906 ‘My name,’ he says, ‘is poor Disaware; I tend sheep on the lonely lea.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series The zephyrs disport with a light-bosomed song, And the joy-laden songsters flit over the lea— Yet the hours of the spring as they hurry along Bring nothing but sadness and sighing to me! The Minstrel A Collection of Poems Then they went away with the young-faced man, Joyfully up and down, Talking in rhyme by hill and lea, Gayly in rhyme—for that, said he, Was the tongue of Zodiac Town. Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann T. GRAY: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; I watched them slowly wend their weary way, But, ah, a Purple Cow I did not see. The Book of Humorous Verse The time now is of leas value, as no crop is suffering, and he had designed a leisure day of this. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, A rivulet then a river: Nowhere by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. Beauties of Tennyson We will roam through the forest, the meadow, and lea; We will haunt the sunny bowers, and when day begins to flee, Our couch shall be the ferny brake, our canopy the tree. Rookwood The top of it commanded a wide, unbroken view— "Of all the lowland western lea, The Uxbridge flats and meadows, To where the Ruislip waters see The Oxhey lights and shadows." The Hill A Romance of Friendship "Fishing vessels from Marseilles are frequently compelled to take shelter under the lea of Corsica or even Sardinia, but here—in Sicily—why should they come here?" The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Bute had given chase, and pursued her so sharply, that, under cover of the night, he had got the H. into safe anchorage on the lea side of the island without the pirates' knowledge. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The gentle May breeze, tra-la, tra-la, Plays o'er the green leas, tra-la, tra-la, Dandelions twinkle, violets sprinkle, The sward 'neath the trees, tra-la, tra-la. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State I climb towards an open lea Whereon the goodly cattle browse, And oh, it does me good to see Such oxen and such cows. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 Sleep, and so may ever Lights half seen across a murky lea, Child of hope, and courage, and endeavour, Gleam a voiceless benison on thee! The Hill A Romance of Friendship A Boy's Song Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Pale gleams the lighthouse light; No warring waves break the peace of sleep tonight Nor a hungry wind shrieks in pain from the lea. Sandhya Songs of Twilight The gentle May breeze, tra-la, tra-la, Plays o'er the green leas, tra-la, tra-la, Dandelions twinkle, violets sprinkle, The sward 'neath the trees, tra-la, tra-la. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State Sitys To the hold on the far red hill From the hold on the wide green lea, Over the running water, follow who will Therapnae's hawk with the dove of Amyklae. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Thou solemn lea and solitary shore, best and most retired scene for contemplation, with how many noble thoughts have you inspired me! The Book-Hunter at Home But this I know, I love to play, Through the meadow, among the hay, Up the water and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Midnight is on the sea: A soft and still repose Steals o'er the untroubled lea That darkly glows. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 On the third night after leaving lea we had ample proof of their desperate straits. At the Point of the Sword The sunlight sleeps upon the lea, And sparkles o'er the murmuring sea, The wanton wind sighs, Come! come! come! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. English Songs and Ballads Now, when at twilight’s solemn hour, O’er field and lea, I see the dog-star gently pour Its beamy light—a golden shower— I think of thee! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 And showers o' leaves, red, rustling, sweep Out owre the withering lea. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century From the bonnie highland heather of her lofty summits to the modest gowan on the lea, not a flower but has blushed with the martyr's blood. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. The Home District, including the most valuable portion of Upper Canada, was especially afflicted by these wholesale reservations, but every part of the Province was more or leas crippled by them. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Now nature cleeds the flowery lea, And a' is young and sweet like thee; O wilt thou share its joys wi' me, And say thou'lt be my dearie O? English Songs and Ballads Sun Man Plowers of land, our brothers, Of the hills and pleasant leas; Under the sun our brothers With their keels will plow the seas. The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916) Meet me on the gowan lea, Bonnie Mary, sweetest Mary; Meet me on the gowan lea, My ain, my artless Mary. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The promontory is small but last night it gave complete protection to everything in its lea. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 On this and other important public questions, however, the diversity of opinion henceforth became less and leas from year to year. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, A rivulet then a river: No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. English Songs and Ballads To dance with rustic maidens on the lea; to sing by moonlight to the piper's strain; to be happy, always happy, such is the theme, delicate and refined, of these our half-forgotten poets. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Now, dearest, not the morning bright, That dawns o'er hill and lea, Nor eve, with all its golden light, Can charm me without thee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century He had grown up in a country where everything was magical and haunted; where fairy knights rode on the leas after dark, and challenged men to battle. The Gold Of Fairnilee I have seen the red and green Of fir and rowan tree, And heard the din of flooded linn, With bleating on the lea. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines The cows go grazing o'er the lea,— Poor Whiskey Bill! Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp The night dislimns, and breaks Like snows slow thawn; An evil wind awakes On lea and lawn; The low East quakes; and hark! Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses The whispering night-breeze calls on thee; Oh, come and roam o'er the lily lea, An hour i' the mild moonlight wi' me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Beneath us figured tor and lea, From Mendip to the western sea— I doubt if finer sight there be Within this royal realm. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry The wind a-drifting o'er the lea ne'er blew upon a fairer sight! Prudence Says So And, still rejoicing in his liberty, the bird cried “Cuckoo! cuckoo!” over vale and lea. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn But the rook has built, and the song-birds quire, And over the faded lea The lark soars glorying, gyre on gyre, And he is the bird for me! Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses My soul is ever with thee, My thoughts are ever with thee, As the flower to the sun, as the lamb to the lea, So turns my fond spirit to thee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The plan has since become more or leas common. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments "The wind went drifting o'er the lea," she began,—her voice drifting properly on the words,—and so on to the end of the piece. Prudence Says So The snowy-white mantle it covers, the churchyard and meadow and lea, as now by her grave I am kneeling;—yet, nothing but darkness I see! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Hast thou heard the thrush, full-throated, call his mate across the lea? Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Oh, with the sweet repose of even, By forest lone, by fragrant lea, And by thy beauties all, Loch Leven, How dear shall the remembrance be Of Mary! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century A winter day! the feather-silent snow Thickens the air with strange delight, and lays A fairy carpet on the barren lea. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Now riot rout will be, anon, That shall the very sun aston, By waters whilst, and on the leas, Under the old fantastic trees. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Philoc´lea, one of the heroines in Sir Philip Sidney’s “Arcadia.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Multitudes of girls are as thoughtless and giddy as the lambs that sport on the lea. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. The streams of life run on Till they fall into the sea; And the flowers are left behind, With their fragrance on the lea. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Breakers dash against the outer side of the ring, but the lagoon within is smooth as a mirror in the lea of the corals and palms. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The qualities of the strong self-reliant man are sometimes accompanied by a brusqueness of manner that leas others to misjudge them. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Up from the bed, Miss, Out on the lea; The horses are waiting For you and for me! The Little Mother Goose “It’s sweet to hunt the sprightly hare On the bonny slopes o’ Windsor lea, But oh, it’s ill to bear the thud And pitching o’ the saut saut sea!” The Bon Gaultier Ballads By the lone forest and the lea, When smiles the thoughtful evening star, Though other names may dearer be, The sweetest, gentlest, loveliest far, Is Mary. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century ‘O Earl Bran’, fain wad I see A pack of hounds let loose on the lea.’ Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series The building rook will caw from the windy tall elm-tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea, And the swallow will come back again with summer o’er the wave. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 The head went flying over the lea, but it had no more words to speak. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The top of it commanded a wide, unbroken view— "Of all the lowland western lea, The Uxbridge flats and meadows, To where the Ruislip waters see The Oxhey lights and shadows." The Hill A Romance of Friendship But then there camp the cry of horse, The east lea pricking o'er, And to the lists a weary page A tattered pennon bore. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Why, that dog is a most uncommon dog; he can't possibly be worth leas than fifty. Chapters from My Autobiography Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild evening sweeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform There sings the shepherd on the hill, The ploughman on the lea; There lives my blithesome mountain maid, O Scotland's hills for me! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Sleep, and so may ever Lights half seen across a murky lea, Child of hope, and courage, and endeavour, Gleam a voiceless benison on thee! The Hill A Romance of Friendship Yea, on a lea land Heard I him blow, he comes here at hand, Not far; Stand still. 2nd Shepherd. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Oh, poor dandy, once so spandy, Golden dancer on the lea! Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Now we are lying under the lea of St. Augustine Island waiting for the wind to abate. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour When earth is array'd in The beauties of heaven o'er mountain and lea, Let me still delight in The glories that brighten, For they are, dear Anna, sweet emblems of thee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The scorn of the stranger to brave; O'er thy lea I have revell'd in youth's sunny ray, And thy wild-flowers shall spangle my grave. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea! Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys A traveler on the dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, And grew into a tree. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two XIV Autumn The silv'ry dewdrops that in autumn light Upon the moors, must surely jewels be; For there they hang all over hill and lea, Strung on the threads the spiders weave so tight. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Far lovelier flowers glow, the woodlands adorning, And breathing perfume over moorland and lea, But there breathes not a bud on the freshness of morning Like the thistle—the thistle of Scotland, for me! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Like the leaf from the tree, Or the down that is blown By the wind o'er the lea. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century If I were with thee I were blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirkconnell lea. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys Scout, my trusty friend, can it be You see Again, in retrospective dreaming, The run, the woodland, and the lea, With past autumnal sunshine streaming O'er ev'ry frost-dyed field and tree? The Dog's Book of Verse IV Heedless that now the mists of spring do rise, Why fly the wild geese northward?—Can it be Their native home is fairer to their eyes, Though no sweet flowers blossom on its lea? Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan I will not name each sister beam, but clustering there I see The beauty of the purple-bell, the daisy of the lea. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century I wish I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my e'en, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell lea. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys L is a Lamb, often freaks o’er the lea; M is a Mermaid, that sings in the sea. Banbury Chap Books And Nursery Toy Book Literature III Too lightly woven must the garments be— Garments of mist—that clothe the coming spring:— In wild disorder see them fluttering Soon as the zephyr breathes adown the lea. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan The wee birds sing no frae the tree, The wild-flowers bloom no on the lea, As if the kind things pitied me On the hills o' Caledonia. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century "You and Brooks wait here, and keep well under the lea of the house," said Ralph, in a whisper. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Look how softly floats Queen Luna on her throne o'er lawn and lea!— Love's Comedy And the flower 's on the lea; Wilt thou go my dearest love? The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century On the top of a mountain I stand, With a crown of red gold in my hand,— Wild Moors come trooping o’er the lea, O how from their fury shall I flee, flee, flee? George Borrow The Man and His Books Thy sad condition then will be Like some lone flower upon the lea, Without a cover from the wind, Or winter’s hail and snow unkind. The Poetry of Wales Her bonnie face it was as meek As any lamb upon a lea; The evening sun was ne’er sae sweet, As was the blink o’ Phemie’s ee. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Winged darts are hurled, and flaming tow; the leas Of Neptune redden. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor But why should I mourn, The seasons will return, And verdure again clothe the lea; The flow'rets shall spring, And the saft breeze shall bring, My dear laddie again back to me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century There came a night when I leant at ease Against the galley's railing; My thought flew onward to Norway's leas, With the milk-white seagulls sailing. The Feast at Solhoug Will ye gang o'er the lea rig, My ain kind dearie, O! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Now nature cleeds the flowery lea, And a’ is young and sweet like thee; O wilt thou share its joy wi’ me, And say thoul’t be my dearie, O? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Last, huge Aulestes, rising with his row Of hundred oarsmen, beats the watery lea. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Her smiles like the sunbeam that glints on the lea; To wander an' leave the dear lassie, I canna; Frae Truth, Love, an' Beauty, I never can flee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century I must out, I must out to the sweet green leas! The Feast at Solhoug I'd meet thee on the lea rig, My ain kind dearie, O! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century There, oft as mild evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham He works jes' all de time fur de leas' pay you never heard tell of. The Harvest of Years Sing o' her mountains bleak an high; Her fords, whare neigh'rin' kelpies ply; Her glens, the haunts o' rural joy; Her lasses lilting o'er the lea. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Far on, at the verge of Bareau lea, I saw like an army, shield and casque, The breakers roll in the Roads of Basque. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea The late blowing flowers now thy pale cheek adorning, Droop sick as they nod on the lea; The groves, too, are silent, no minstrel of morning Shrill warbles his song from the tree. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century He could speak fluently of leas, and faughs, and fallows, of change of seed and rotation of crops, but practical knowledge and application were required, and in these Burns was deficient. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Wind from the ice-floe and wind from the palm, Wind from the mountains and wind from the lea-- How they will sing thee of tempest and calm! More Songs From Vagabondia The flowery glen and lilied lea, In vain display their charms to me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century At the beginning of the seventeenth century, in an English country district, two lads romped on the same lea and chased the same butterflies. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 There she browses free On herbage of the lea, Or marsh grass, daintily, Until her haunch is greased. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Day unto day flashes grief or glee; Night to night utters speech anew, Figuring forest and lane and lea— Alps and Mediterranean too. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine "The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea." Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. The broom, the brier, the birken bush, Bloom bonny o'er thy flowery lea, And a' the sweets that ane can wish Frae Nature's hand, are strew'd on thee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The other ran from the fields to a farm-house, and thought of the lea as a grain field. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 For she had lands, both meadow and lea, Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, And he swore her death, ere he would see A Scottish knight the lord of all. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The song was that beautiful one of Burns, O wert thou in the cauld blast On yonder lea, on yonder lea, and, though a gentleman's song, it was rendered with exquisite taste and feeling. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "The leaves are falling, the wind is calling; No one cometh across the lea." The Haunted Hour An Anthology Mohun, a reserve scarcely leas formidable, stood by all the while, looking on lazily; he saw that his companion was more than equal to the emergency. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' If you fly thither over heath and lea, O honey-seeking bee, O careless swallow, 20 Bid some for whom I watch keep watch for me. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems A poacher's widow sat sighing On the side of the white chalk bank, Where, under the gloom of fire-woods, One spot in the lea throve rank. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The coloured gentleman showed a fine set of ivory, and said he had no dejections in the leas', and guessed the oxen didn't hab none. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life And gathers honey from all growing things In garden plot or on the clover lea. Poems of Passion Oh! blue-eyed maid, I sigh for thee, A gentle twilight's close, When music dies upon the lea, And dew drops wet the rose. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems The sun was on the Blue-bells, The lad was on the lea. Verses for Children and Songs for Music Anna's head was better; the paroxysms of pain were leas frequent than in the morning, and she lay upon her pillow, her eyes closed wearily, and her thoughts with Charlie Millbrook. Bad Hugh Close to the ground, on the lea of the stack, were a number of objects which Nat quickly recognized as geese—thirteen of them. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Let him go! what care we? let the snow shroud the lea, Let it drift on the heather; We can sing through it all: I have you, you have me. Poems of Passion Sometimes she roamed the leas at morn, And sang like a sweet bird— Until a melody was born On each outgushing word. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems The snow lies o'er the Blue-bells, A storm is on the lea; Our hearth is warm, the fire burns bright, The flames dance merrily. Verses for Children and Songs for Music In forest and field, on hill-land and lea, As crystallized harmony, Materialized melody, An uttered essence peopling far and near The hyaline atmosphere?... Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses They are better off under the constant care of intelligent and interested human beings than when they follow the rippling brook or wind slowly o'er the lea at their own sweet pleasure. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Ah, Robin! sing loud on your far distant lea, You friend in fair weather! Poems of Passion Aye, call him! call him over the lea, Thou sad forsaken lass, Never more he'll come back to thee Over the wild green grass. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Through oak-tree wood and o'er the lea, With rosy cheeks and waistcoat gay, And mostly not a word to say,— How many years ago, love, How many years ago? Verses for Children and Songs for Music Gray has The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The truth is, the rippling brook doesn't always furnish the best water, and the lea furnishes very imperfect forage during nine months of the year. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Yet a few sunny days, in which the bee Shall murmur by the hedge that skirts the way, The cricket chirp upon the russet lea, And man delight to linger in thy ray. Poems Now, when mellow rays of sunset Lingered golden on the trees, Came a weary pilgrim slowly From the bordering forest leas. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 The breeze is on the Blue-bells, The wind is on the lea; Stay out! stay out! my little lad, And chase the wind with me. Verses for Children and Songs for Music We plant upon the sunny lea A shadow for the noontide hour, A shelter from the summer shower, When we plant the apple-tree. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Over your forest and field and lea, From the windy deeps that have mothered me, To the heart of one who cares. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country Over dewy hill and lea Merrily Rushed a mad-cap breeze at play, And the daisies, like the bright Stars at night, Danced and twinkled in its way. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk And then, when they had reached this place of shelter, Macleod dismounted, and crept as close as he could into the lea of the rocks. Macleod of Dare My mother made me promise To be in time for tea, 'Go home! go home!' the breezes say, That sigh along the lea. Verses for Children and Songs for Music Dark children of the mere and marsh, Wallow and waste and lea, Outcaste they wait at the village gate With folk of low degree. Songs from Books All night long he has lain curled up in the roundest of round balls hard by the camp; there, in the lea of tree-stumps or snow-drift, he has dreamt the dreams of peace and comfort. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Oh, the little streams are running O'er the lea; And the green soft grass is springing, Springing, springing!— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 He added land to the lea as he was told by one of our people. Red Money And never a pathway shall ye tread, No foot of seashore, hill, or lea, But ye may think: "The dead, my dead, Gave this, a sacred gift, to me." More Toasts Nothing helped her until she commenced her toilet, when in the excitement of dressing she partly forgot her disquietude, and the pain in her head grew leas. Tracy Park And yet during the few days she was in Victoria no leas than half a dozen women came to her to protest against the law which allowed the husband to whip his wife. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Cow-bells tinkling distant Farmer on the lea, Cattle nibbling grasses Little honey bee. Some Broken Twigs The rising moon, o'er isle and dune, looks laughing down on lake and lea; Weird o'er the waters shrills the loon; the high stars twinkle in the sea. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Ay, surely it would need a heart of flint To watch the blithe lambs caper o'er the lea, And, watching them, refrain from thoughts of mint, Of new potatoes, and the sweet green pea. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 A beggar man came over the lea Wi' many a story to tell unto me. Windjammers and Sea Tramps That magic flute of the South Wind, sweet, Will he blow it, over the lea? The Little Colonel's Hero Alone in longing thus as I lay 10Underneath a seemly tree, Saw I where a lady gay Came riding over a long� lea. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' When their myriad mouths opened the trees to the sweet dew of heaven and the raindrops, And the April showers fell on the leas, on his mound fell the tears of Winona. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems The fire was kindled under the lea of a projecting shelf of rock and soon the odor of broiling bacon appealed strongly to the Go Ahead Boys, whose appetites already needed no stimulant. The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine No scents of delvéd dewy soil arise; No storm-blue pall in state hangs hill or lea; No nightly seas swirl in grey agonies; Nor old Earth's sweet decays dye herb or tree. Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems Breath of new buds from off some drying lea, With news about the Future scent the sea; My brain is beating like the heart of Haste. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration Heavily plunged the breaking wave, And foam flew up the lea, Morning and evening the drifted snow Fell into the dark grey sea. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months I saw a light on yester-night— A low light on the misty lea; The stars were dim and silence grim Sat brooding on the sullen sea. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems From lawn to lea Love led me down the valley, Seeking my hawk, where 'neath a pleasant hill I spied fair maidens bathing in a rill. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Rock: It's what I'd do, to turn the whole of Galway Bay to dry land, and I to have it for myself, the red land, the green land, the fallow and the lea! Three Wonder Plays Some there are who envy E'en my destiny; Say, 'O happy flow'ret Blooming on the lea.' Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations As the parchèd lea receives the rains, Her ears drank up the sweet melodie; A gipsy's blood flowed in her veins, A gipsy's soul flashed in her eye. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Fright not the cattle on the lea Nor damage flower nor shrub nor tree; And let no vestiges be found Of paper, scattered o'er the ground. From John O'Groats to Land's End I have seen many such cases, especially where potatoes were planted on lea. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines If ye had been used with an auld tin and had a smairt pooch for the first time, ye wouldna' lea' it in the road. Carmen's Messenger On the lea so sandy, Sunny, wanting dew! Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations The grey owl sits on yon willow tree, Whose branches o'er him weep, And sends its scream far o'er the lea, Where night winds whisper mournfullie, And through the rashes sweep, Balow! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. We halted above the road and waited for the dusty creatures to plod by us down to the pleasant lea where feed was still to be had and water was sweet. Ma Pettengill Despite the fervent warnings Of her friends the flowers and trees, She listened to his courting; And with him roamed the leas. The Sorcery Club Consider the lilies, the lilies of the leas, They toil not, they spin not, like you, tired man and woman, Yet Solomon in his glory was not robed like one of these. A Celtic Psaltery Some brought in the wood and piled it high in one corner, while others scraped the snow away from the lea of a big boulder, thus making a shelter for the donkeys. Buffalo Roost Fair gems of the meadow, Bright buds of the lea. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 And here again I come and only find The drain-cut levels of the marshy lea,— Gray sand banks and pale sunsets—dreary wind, Dim shores, dense rains, and heavy clouded sea. The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson The leas, far from the valley, They rode the livelong night; Till a heavy mist descending Hid the roadway from their sight. The Sorcery Club Wilt tend no more the daisies on the lea, Nor wake thy cowslips up on May morning? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 The sweet young flowers! how fresh were they and tender, Brimful with dew upon the sparkling lea; The young day open'd in exulting splendour, And all around seem'd glad to gladden me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 "My hat and mantle off I threw, And scoured across the lea; Then cried the beng with loud halloo, 'Where does the gipsy flee?'" Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 A cloudless heaven is bending o'er us, The dawn is lighting the linn and lea; Island and headland and bay before us, And, dim in the distance, the heaving sea. The California Birthday Book Here comforted of pilot stars they lie In charmèd dreams, but not of wold nor lea. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Calm Queen of Hades, art thou she Who stepped so lightly on the lea— Persephone, Persephone? Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. "O were I but the fairest flower That blossoms on the lea; If only for one little hour, That she might gather me— Clasp me in her bonny breast!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 As drones a bee with sultry hum When all the world with heat lies dumb, Thou dronest through the drowsèd lea, To lose thyself and find the sea. The Poems of William Watson I gaze around me, going By forest, dale, and lea, O'er heights where streams are flowing, My every thought bestowing, Ah, Lady fair, on thee! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English Then was it dark; on wold and lea, In home, in heart, the hours were drear. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Heavily plunged the breaking wave, And foam flew up the lea, Morning and even the drifted snow Fell into the dark gray sea. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. The summer sun was shining All cloudless o'er the lea, When forth her children bounded, In childhood's summer glee. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony Is it the flock of the ocean-shepherd grazing Like lambs on the lea?-- Poems The driver, who might have answered to Washington Irving's description, pointed out to me Netherby Hall, the mansion of the Grahams, on "Cannobie lea," over which the young Lochinvar bore away his stolen bride. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography With the flock he wons Along yon grassy lea. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. She wondered by the brattling brook, And trembled with the trembling lea. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Washed by the countless, crystal drops, Awhile from swarming insects free, The cattle clip the clover tops Forth wandering o’er the fertile lea, The birds sing with unusual glee After the drenching shower. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds Mind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way And leaves the world to darkness and to me. The Illustrated London Reading Book While, sworn to get revenge in, And waiting at the door, That grim three-handed engine Prepares to strike once more, Who built these gowns we mutely Admire on lawn and lea? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 I guess you would find no leas than twenty-five or thirty out that way. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 The tender corn upon the lea Droops in her goddess gloom when she Cries for her lost Persephone. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. “Then let me die, mother— Tho’ sweet birds are singing, And flowers in brightness And beauty are springing On hillside and mountain, O’er meadow and lea, They no longer possess Any sweetness for me.” The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Your correspondent W. asks the etymon of "Cowley;"—probably "Cow leas," or Cow pasture. Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 Man calls the dimpled earth his own, The flowery vale, the golden lea; And on the wild gray mountain-stone Claims nature's temple for his throne! The Crater No moon shone down on the hermit sea, No cheering beacon illumed the shore, No ship on the water, no light on the lea, No sound in the ear but the billow's roar! Poems The daffodils were fair to see, They nodded lightly on the lea, Persephone—Persephone! Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Dreary winter’s icy fingers Have released the bending tree, Genial life reviving, lingers O’er the cold and sterile lea. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Go to! nigh twenty baskets doth Lacon fill with cheese: Hath time to woo a sweetheart too upon the blossomed leas. Theocritus, translated into English Verse The daffodils were fair to see, They nodded lightly on the lea; Persephonê! Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Our sheep drop dead about the frozen leas— 4th Voice. The Saint's Tragedy Drilling the troopers on the lea, the vent I craved for gave to me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 The merry merry lark was up and singing, And the hare was out and feeding on the lea;And the merry merry bells below were ringing, When my child’s laugh rang through me. Andromeda and Other Poems Ne'er did a thing so lovely Roam the Achaian lea. Theocritus, translated into English Verse Every joy or sorrow of man, every aspect of nature, from The forest crack’d, the waters, curl’d, The cattle huddled on the lea. Literary and General Lectures and Essays The purple twilight stole above The grey-green dunes, the furrowed leas: And Dusk, with breast as of a dove, Brooded: and everywhere was peace. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Here the haughty water marches—here the flights of straitened sea Make a noise like that of trumpets, breaking wide across the lea! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The boys succeeded in making this fast and then the yacht swung around so that the Black Growler was in the lea. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Their flocks in thousands bleat upon the lea, Fat and full-fed; their kine, as home they wind, The lagging traveller of his rest remind! Theocritus, translated into English Verse The former we scraped together to the depth of three feet for a bed in the lea of a fallen trunk; the latter we gathered in armfuls to pile on the camp-fire. The Mountains The neighbour hollows dry or wet, Spring shall with tender flowers beset; And oft the morning muser see Larks rising from the broomy lea, And every fairy wheel and thread Of cobweb dew-bediamonded. Underwoods Was the spot where last he rested pleasant as an old-world lea? The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens More than the star to the night, More than the rain to the lea, More than heaven to earth Art thou to me. Helen of Troy and Other Poems In green pavilions of warm trees The golden builders toil and sing; While swallows dip along the leas, And dabble in the ooze of Spring. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China Fare forth with the bow to the lily lea Betwixt the thorn and the oaken tree. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson They have sought him high, they have sought him low, They have sought him over down and lea; They have found him by the milk-white thorn That guards the gates o' Faerie. Verses 1889-1896 From lonely lands across the wave Is sent to-night by me This rose of reverence for the grave Beside the mountain lea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens For on her still, pale orb, the eye may see Dim spots of shadowy brown, like distant tree Or far-off hillocks on a moonlight lea. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems All you see Was to be his one day: Forest and furrow, lawn and lea, And he goes and chucks it away. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Bent is the bow on the lily lea Betwixt the thorn and the oaken tree. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson No youths have sung the marriage song for me, My bridal bed No maids have strewn with flowers from the lea, 'Tis Death I wed. Oedipus Trilogy But for ever, like springs of sweet water That sings in the grass-hidden leas As soft as the voice of a daughter, There cometh a whisper from these. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Twine ye in an airy round, Brush the dew and print the lea; Skip and gambol, hop and bound, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems A large launch, with two standing lugs, lay under the lea of the schooner; and into this the strange assortment of goods were swung. The Island of Doctor Moreau We shall bend the bow on the lily lea Betwixt the thorn and the oaken tree. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson So spake my brother as we onward went: His words my heart received, as corn the lea, And answered with a harvest of content. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 A strong September flames beyond the lea— A silver vision on a silver sea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens I was singing all the time, Just as prettily as he, About the dew upon the lawn And the wind upon the lea; So I didn't listen to him And he sang upon a tree. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 Just then came the cry of the cattle, and I knew why Gray wrote: "The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea," nor did I fail to encounter a plowman homeward plodding his weary way. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 His hands and arms shall not exist, his feet and leas shall not exist, and he is chained in one place whilst Ra inflicts upon him the blows which are decreed for him. Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations I wad I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea! The Book of Old English Ballads Touching was the cool, soft lustre over laps of lawn and lea; And majestic was the great road Morning made across the sea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens And sweet the little breeze of melody The blackbird puffs upon the budding tree, While the wild poppy lights upon the lea And blazes 'mid the corn. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 Never look through the bay windows over the lea to the Channel, at sunset, Lundy Island flattened out, floating, gold on gold in the offing. Mary Olivier: a Life Now that the need of these is leas urgent for utilitarian purposes, they are still necessary for perfecting the organism. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Lord William lookit o'er his left shoulder, To see what he could see, And there he spied her seven brethren bold Come riding o'er the lea. The Book of Old English Ballads Summer's chief throne was the marvellous coast of it, Home of the Spring was its luminous lea: Garden of glitter! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Pronounce: Plantagenets; palfreys; peasants; yeoman; toll; pheasants; naught; hie; surety; Justiciar; gainsaid; jousts; heir; tryst; steward; balked; lea; ado; liege; beguiled; buffet. The Elson Readers, Book 5 Therefore the only part remaining open was the western part of the plateau included between the bend in the river and the southern angle of the lake, a distance of leas than a mile. The Mysterious Island "The curfew tolls the knell of day, The lowing herd winds o'er the lea The ploughman homeward plods his way And—-" Enough, enough, I have no ear for more.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 If I were with thee, I were blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirkconnell lea. The Book of Old English Ballads Ho! the hurricanes roar round a dangerous shore, Under the ledges and over the lea; And there twinkles a light on the billows so white— God help our men at sea! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The bât-mules were unpacked and fed; and a rough bed was made up under the lea of the tallest rock, where a small curral of dry stone kept off the snow. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I I saw green banks of daffodil, Slim poplars in the breeze, Great tan-brown hares in gusty March A-courting on the leas. A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 The crows upon the swelling hills, The cows upon the lea, Sheep feeding by the pasture rills, Are ever dear to me, Because sweet freedom is their mate, While I am lone and desolate. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Then Robin Hood put his horn to his mouth, And blew blasts two and three; When four-and-twenty bowmen bold Came leaping over the lea. The Book of Old English Ballads This is the spot on which the Chief did land, And there, perchance, he stood what time a band Of yelling strangers scoured the savage lea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Far on into May the meadows were still yellow; only here and there on the sunny leas was there any appearance of green. Tales of Two Countries Sprinkle the showers from heaven's blue eyes Wide o'er the green summer lea, Rachel is weeping, oh! War Poetry of the South Weary am I of holly-tree And shining box and waving grass Upon the tame unending lea,— And all and all but you, alas! Poems of Paul Verlaine Indifferent to the weather Craven chose to stay on deck and stood throughout the crossing under lea of the deckhouse where it was possible to keep a pipe alight. The Shadow of the East The wave is his fellow at night, And the sun, shining over the lea, Sheds out an unspeakable light On this grave by the cliffs of the sea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens When their myriad mouths opened the trees to the sweet dew of heaven and the rain drops, And the April showers fell on the leas, on his mound fell the tears of Winona. Legends of the Northwest It was Wordsworth who wrote "Great God, I had rather be A Pagan suckled in some creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn." The Pleasures of Life Yes, prattlers, yes, the daisy's flower Again shall paint your summer bower; Again the hawthorn shall supply The garlands you delight to tie; The lambs upon the lea shall bound. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey I wad I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea! Ballad Book Across bleak widths of broken sea A fierce north-easter breaks, And makes a thunder on the lea— A whiteness of the lakes. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The rising moon, the woods aboon, looks laughing down on lake and lea; Weird o'er the waters shrills the loon; the high stars twinkle in the sea. Legends of the Northwest County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. Quentin Durward The diamond tears adorning Thy low mound on the lea, Those are the tears of morning, That weeps, but not for thee. Last Poems by A. E. Housman If I were with thee, I were blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest On fair Kirconnell lea. Ballad Book Often when the floating vapours fill the silent autumn leas, Dreaming mem'ries fall like moonlight over silver sleeping seas. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Often on still days small sea-spiders sport under the lea of the boat, each of the eight legs supported by a bubble. Tropic Days "They're going to run in under the lea of Palm Island," said Lieutenant Walling. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar Na, my lord; he canna lea' the cutter. Malcolm Daisy, I have sought for thee In the garden, on the lea, Ever since I learned to roam From my much loved English home. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Ah! the torrent howls past, like a fiend on the blast, Under the ledges and over the lea; And the pent waters gleam, and the wild surges scream— God help our men at sea! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Summer sleeps in the ripening corn, Sunlight glitters on wood and lea, Scent of flowers on the air is borne At Chateauguay. Fleurs De Lys, and Other Poems I stood before my childhood's home, Outside the belt of trees; All round, my dreaming glances roam On well-known hills and leas. A Hidden Life and Other Poems How swells the light breeze o'er the blossoming lea, Sure never winds swept past so sweet and low, No lonely, unblest future waiteth now; Dear Love for thee and me. Poems Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study But she turned from the glare of the flame-smitten sea, And a cry, like a whirlwind, came over the lea— "Away to the mountains and leave her with me!" The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens And goodly now the noon-tide hour, When from his high meridian tower The sun looks down in majesty, What time about, the grassy lea. The Folk-lore of Plants Till, in the gloaming, once again the plough Lay like a stranded bark upon the lea; And home with hanging neck the horses went, Walking beside their master, force by will. A Hidden Life and Other Poems The storm was overpast, a breath of balm Lapped the low waves, and lingered on the lea, For in the twilight fell a holy calm, He came unto me walking on the sea. Poems And I fancy I hear from the distant hills A blast of wind sweeping o'er the lea, From the gray old hawthorns and foam-clad rills, To tell a word of their woe to me. Lays from the West His should be a grave by mountains, in a cool and thick-mossed lea, With the lone creek falling past it—falling ever to the sea. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens What pictures do the following words make to you: "wilderness," "moor," "lea," "fell," "heather-bloom"? Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Heavily lay the warm sunlight Upon the green blades shining bright, An outspread grassy sea: She through the burnished yellow flowers Went walking in the golden hours That slept upon the lea. A Hidden Life and Other Poems They, seven centuries before Assay, and Waterloo, were 'seised' of certain rich leas belonging to Wells. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater He had promised to come to me ere the bright summer With roses and sunshine had decked hill and lea. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon |
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