 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
 | Jean Allan Owen, George Simonds Boulger - 1902 - 508 pages
...own rosy hue, From erery herb and every spiry blade Stretches a length of shadow o'er the field. " The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. " THE PLANT- WORLD IN JANUARY IN A WINTER GARDEN THE season may be inclement ; but, if everything be not... | |
 | 1904 - 1014 pages
...his own rosy hue, From every herb and every spiry blade Stretches a length of shadow o'er the field. 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,... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 pages
...diction," and describes minutely and precisely what he sees, as here in the Winter Mornings Walk : The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens...seem half -petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder ; not like hungering man, Fretful if unsupplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1904 - 602 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 hird,... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 pages
...diction," and describes minutely and precisely what he sees, as here in the Winter Morning's 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 - 1905 - 948 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...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 - 1905 - 716 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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...my side Take step for step; and, as I near approach 20 Preposterous sight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge, and the bents Ajid coarser grass upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine 25 Conspicuous,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. ao The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, as And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, ยก5 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle...mourn in corners where the fence "Screens them, and seern half-petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder, not like... | |
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