 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
 | William Cowper - 1984 - 128 pages
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 | Harold Bloom - 1986 - 344 pages
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 | 1954 - 944 pages
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 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...shine Conspicuous, and, in bright apparel clad And fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them, and... | |
 | John Carrington - 2003 - 344 pages
...audiences. 39 William Cowper (173 1-1800) On a sunny but cold winter's morning, Cowper takes a country walk: The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and, in bright apparel clad Andfledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
 | George Eliot - 2003 - 644 pages
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 | William Cowper - 2006 - 448 pages
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 | Robert Burns Shaw - 2007 - 321 pages
...surprising freshness. Here is a view of cattle patiently awaiting fodder on the morning after a snowstorm: The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. (5.26-29) This is Miltonic, certainly, but in an intriguingly domesticated way. The assonances ("mourn,""corners,""Scre... | |
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