The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb.... The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian - Page 271841Full view - About this book
| 1892 - 602 pages
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| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 496 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 488 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel ckd 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence (M) Screens... | |
| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 478 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in biight apparel clad, 25 Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unremml-ent sadness. There... | |
| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 508 pages
...o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle...in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder, not like hungering... | |
| George Eliot - 1894 - 400 pages
...amidst- his harem sleeps In unsuspecting pomp ; " in the patient cattle, that on the winter's morning " Mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness ; " in the little squirrel, that, surprised by him in his woodland walk, " At once, swift as a bird,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight I the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...clad, And fledged with Icy feathers, nod superb. The catUe moum in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent... | |
| William Cowper - 1896 - 348 pages
...o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder, not like hungering man, 30 Fretful if unsupplied, but silent,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in comers where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There... | |
| William Cowper - 1898 - 334 pages
...o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle...in corners where the fence Screens them, and seem half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder, not like hungering... | |
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