 | Leroy Jones Halsey - 1859 - 448 pages
...though somewhat fanciful, are certainly very beautiful : " She stood breast high amid the corn, Clasped by the golden light of morn, Like the sweet-heart of the sun, Who many a golden kiss had won. On her cheeks an autumn plush Deeply ripened— such a blush In the midst of brown... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 pages
...frosts are all agone, And that which hangs upon the spray, It is no snow, but flower of May I RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pages
...another reaper, drawn by Thomas Hood, in a pastoral lyric of twenty lines : — " She stood breast-high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,...kiss had won ! " On her cheek an autumn flush Deeply ripen'd ;— such a blush In the midst of brown was liorn, Like red poppies grown with corn. " Round... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...frosts are all agone, And that which hangs upon the spray, It is no snow, but flower of May ! RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1868 - 234 pages
...were really as great in serious as in comic prose and verse. — ED. " She stood breast high among the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn ; Like...sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won. * * * * Thus she stood among the stocks, Praising God with sweetest looks. ' Sure,' I said, ' Heaven... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pages
...crystal frosts are all agone ; And that which hangs npon the spray. It is no snow, bnt flower of -May ! SHE stood breast high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the snn, Who many a glowing kiss had won. On her cheek an antnmn flnsh, Deeply ripened : snch a blnsh In... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 282 pages
...robin's food, And sup the common rill, Before her feet will turn again To meet her father's will ! RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 284 pages
...robin's food, And sup the common rill, Before her feet will turn again To meet her father's will ! RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...water's lack, That Sukey burns — and baby-brother Must be dry-rubb'd with huck-a-back ! . . 1 RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 470 pages
...feet will turn again To meet her father's will ! [This Poem appears in the " Forget-Me-Not."] RUTH. SHE stood breast high amid the corn Clasp'd by the...kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush, Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round... | |
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Deeply ripen'd ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell, But long lashes veil'da light, That had else been all too bright. And her hat, with... 
