...the bare and wintry woods we see What then sa chearful as the Holly Tree ? Less bright than they, ' So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless...I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree.' We object particularly to the yth line of the first stanza; it is nothing more than familiar prose:...

...wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree, i 3 And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree. 174 Cclogurs. The LAST of the FAMILY. JAMES. What Gregory ! you are come I see to join us On this sad...

...written two) are not answerable to it ; they are, except a few poetical passages, drawling sentiment So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless...young and gay More grave than they, That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree." — - •.. •- г ч-:'--;-;, • "^AlsisS...

...hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree! So serious should my youth appear...and gay, More grave than they ; That, in my age, as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree. October 3. 1821. A calmness dwells around...

...hues display, Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree! So serious should my youth appear...and gay, More grave than they ; That, in my age, as cheerful I might be^ As the green winter of the Holly Tree." October 3, 1821. Lines written ou a Summer...

...hue display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly- Tree? So serious should my youth appear...young and gay More grave than they, That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly-Tree. SOUTHEY. THE ALPINE SONG. Il was a deep...

...Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright...might be • As the green winter of the Holly Tree. THE EBB TIDE. SLOWLY thy flowing tide Came in, old Avon ! scarcely did mine eyes, As watchfully I roam'd...

...commit to memory. So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem among the young and gay More grave than they ; That, in my age, as cheerful I might be, As the green winter of the holly tree. " If Evelyn could but rise from his grave...

...holly-tree ? So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem among the young and gay More grave than they ; That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the holly-tree." Wordsworth also praises the Holly : " Where...

...hues display Less bright than they ; But when the bare and wintry woods we see, What then so cheerful as the Holly Tree? So serious should my youth appear...young and gay More grave than they ; That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree!" THE SLAVE. " Oh! he is worn with toil !...