...brambles, and, in truth, More ragged than need was. Among the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forc'd my way Until, at length, I came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not a broken bough Droop'd with its wither'd leaves, ungracious sign Of devastation, but the hazels rose Tall and ered,...

...of power to smile At thorns, and brakes, and brambles, — and, in truth) More ragged than need was. Among the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forced my way * The house at which I was boarded during the time I was at School. x2 VI, Until, at length, I came...

...of power to smile At thorns, and brakes, and brambles,— and, in truth, More ragged than need was. Among the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forced my way * The house at which I was boarded during the time I was at School. . Until, at length, I came to one...

...with its agreeable fruit. Many a youth may, at this time, repeat with the poet — Among the woods I forced my way, Until at length I came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not % broken bough Drooped with its withered leaves, ungracious sign Of devastation, but the hazels rose...

...power to smile At thorns, and brakes, and brambles, — and, in .truth, More ragged than need was. Among the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forced my way Q 5 Until, at length, I came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not a broken bough Drooped with its...

...than need was. O'er pathless rocks. Through beds of matted fern, and tangled thickets, Forcing my way, I came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not a broken bough Droop'd with its withering leaves, ungracious sign Of devastation ; but the hazels rose Tall and erect,...

...theory of the Poet. We omit the first few lines descriptive of the " motley accoutrement" of the Nutter. Among- the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forced...came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not a broken hough Drooped with its withered leaves, ungracious sign Of devastation, but the hazle rose Tall and...

...power to smile At thorns, and brakes, and brambles, — and, in truth, More ragged than need was ! Among the woods, And o'er the pathless rocks, I forced my way Until, at length, I came to one dear nook D 5 Unvisited, where not a broken bough Drooped with its withered leaves, ungracious sign Of devastation,...

...cast-off weeds At thorns, and brakes, and bramble«, — and, in truth, More ragged than need was. ts( Old wande erect.with milk-white clusters hong-, A virgin-scene! — A little while I stond. Breathing with such...

...pleasures, — " o'er patbless rocks, Through beds of matted fern and tangled thickets Foreing my way. I came to one dear nook, Unvisited, where not a broken bough Drooped with its withered leaves, ungraeious sign Of devastation, but the hazels rose Tall and erect, with milk-white clusters hung,...