 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
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 pages
...wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay." — The Task. " The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder ; not like hungering man Fretful if unsupplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - 1900 - 620 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered 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,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1900 - 412 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 sadnett " in the little squirrel, that, surprised by him in his woodland walk, "At once, swift as a... | |
 | George Eliot - 1900 - 240 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 unrer.mnbent sadness " in the little squirrel, that, surprised by him in his woodland walk, "At once,... | |
 | 1900 - 570 pages
...translation of them before him. Here again is a little picture of rural life from the Winter Morning Walk. The cattle mourn 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1901 - 200 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...mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seein, half petrified, to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder, not, like... | |
 | 1901 - 864 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...dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, upspearingo 'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel... | |
 | George Eliot - 1901 - 542 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,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1901 - 486 pages
...amidst his harem sleeps In ttnatupecting 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 aadnew ; " in the little squirrel, that, surprised by him in his woodland walk, " At once, swift as... | |
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