Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art. American Agriculturist - Page 631846Full view - About this book
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes fill'd Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips ; thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white...and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded... | |
| Mary Milner - 1844 - 788 pages
...ofth' inverted year, Thy scauer'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath conrcal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made wh'ite with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds• A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throae A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| Charles F. Ellerman - 1844 - 330 pages
...wonderingly, and almost reverently, on the enormous goblin, which suddenly bowed its head — " Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of Age," and with a loud and appalling sound fell into a thousand fragments, scattering themselves in all directions.... | |
| 1846 - 206 pages
...scattered hair with sleet-like fishes filled; Thy breath congealed upon tliy lips. Thy checks — Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age. Tliy forehead wrapt in clouds." COWPEK. " The dreadful post of observation, watching a dying friend."... | |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
...scattered hair with sleet-like ashes filled ; Thy breath congealed upon thy lips ; thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those...and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along thy slippery way !" In looking over a description of London, we have met... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...scattered hair with sleetlike ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leaflless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...thy checks Fring'd with a beard made white with othersnows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slipp'ry way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And drtaded... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 pages
...scattered hair with sleet-like ashes filled, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapped in ckmds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...of th' inverted year, Thy scatter'd hair wilh sleet-like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with...A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne >. A eliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slipp'ry way. • I love thee, all... | |
| 1847 - 490 pages
...ecatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A eliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
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