 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
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. WINTER SCENES IN THE COUNTRY 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 hung'ring... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. WINTER SCENES IN THE COUNTRY The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and, in bright apparel clad 5 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence In unrecumbent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1908 - 632 pages
...cottage, walk along the plastered waI£T~ "Prepqsterous_sigJiLl the legs without ihe-nwn. 20 r-~"aTBe verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the...shine — Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, ^ _And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. •— The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens... | |
 | 1914 - 546 pages
...romanticism, we find such minutely faithful realistic description as is not easy to parallel elsewhere : — " 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,... | |
 | James Alexander Roy - 1914 - 196 pages
...drawings; but scarcely less excellent is the limning of these lines in 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... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight 1 the legs without the man. 20 \ ; :F &d ? 6 Te : `p 7+S# ĊR-a\... { @ 9(3 2 ` Űb #a Lа nb b %p^f Z|ș upspeariug o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and iu bright apparel... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. 20 sand 悀 _ ꄍ "M 1915 Houghton Mifflin company"+ Ho bants Aud coarser grass, upspeariug o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous,... | |
 | 1916 - 548 pages
...its 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...clad, And, fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, His... | |
 | 1916 - 792 pages
...plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep 21 he Chief 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. •The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep 21 Beneath the dazzling deluge; and the bents 1 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
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