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 - 1820 - 508 pages
...the legs without the man. The verflure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling delnge ; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er...nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fenca Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, 1'repost'rous sight ! the legs without the mar. 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 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...bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, VOL. II. J' Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 246 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 the dazzling deluge ; and the benUt And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Ofjate unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous,... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, am), in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners,... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...the snowy vale, And tinging all with his own rosy hue, Stretches a length of shadow o'er the field ; The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them ; and seem, half petrified, to sleep In unrecumbent... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight! the legs without the man. 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 misapplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight ! the legs without the man. 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... | |
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