 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheep-fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, .progressive as a stream,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheep-fold hers 290 * John Courtney Throckmorton, Esq. of Weston Underwood. Pours out its fleecy... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious priae, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in it's command. The sheepfold here Pours out it's fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of bluck oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye : And posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. Tne sheep-fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive as a stream,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves. the eye; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in it's command. The sheepfold here Pours out it's fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd . Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheep-fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive as a stream,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in it's command. The sheepfold here Pours out it's fleecy tenants o'sr the glebe. At first, progressive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...less attractive is the woodland scene, Diversified with trees of ev'ry growth, Alike, yet various. Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within lhe twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheepfold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive as a stream,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...transient years, won from the abyss abhorred Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheep-fold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. At first, progressive as a stream,... | |
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So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative... 
