Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh so close your circles lace, That I may never leave this place : But lest your fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain me too, And,... A Library of American Literature... - Page 39by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
| Emily Percival - American literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...fragrant, cincture girdling his cottage, old Joshua appears to have realized the poet's wish : — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh I so close your circle lace, That I may never leave this place." Within, all is methodical and orderly... | |
| Electronic journals - 1853 - 748 pages
...blow.** NN Lines quoted by Charles Lamb (Vol. vii., p. 286.). — The author of the lines quoted — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines," &c. — is Andrew Marvell. They are taken from his fine poem on Nun-Appleton, Lord Fairfax's seat in... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about,...too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, oh brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briers nail me through. I was here as in a lonely temple.... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines; Curl me about,...never leave this place ; But, lest your fetters prove loo weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, oh brambles, chain me loo, And, courteous briers... | |
| Charles Lamb - Essays - 1856 - 386 pages
...securer cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet — Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about,...break, Do you, 0 brambles, chain me too, And courteous briars, nail me through. I was here as in a lonely temple. Snug fire-sides — the lowbuilt roof —... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...cincture of those excluding garden walls. I could have exclaimed with that garden-loving poet— " Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about,...too weak, - Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, oh brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briers nail me through. I was here as in a lonely temple.... | |
| Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...beauty, aiming at the heart, Bends in some tree its useless dart, And where the world no certain shot &>s Curl me about, ye gadding vines, And oh so close your...break, Do you, 0 brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briars, nail me through! Here in the morning tie my chain, Where the two woods have made a lane, While,... | |
| Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...make, or me it toucheth not, But I on it securely play, And gall its horsemen all the day. Bind me, ) e woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about, ye gadding...too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briars, nail me through ! Here in the morning tie my chain,... | |
| Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 420 pages
...« Can make, or me it touchetb not, > But I on it securely play, And gall its horsemen all the day. Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines, Curl me about, ye gadding vines, «i» And oh so close your circles lace, That I may never leave this place I But, lest your fetters... | |
| David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English literature - 1905 - 584 pages
...indulged in to prove anything. It is all sheer enjoyment. Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines. Curb me about, ye gadding vines, And oh, so close your circles lace That I may never leave this place 1 But, lest your fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain... | |
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