 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 страници
...become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth !' r. 41 1 . ' Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root — and time has been When tempests could not." r. 413. We must now complete our copied sketch. ' Purity and tenderness of sentiment,' ' religious... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 страници
...not unimpair'd, But, worn by frequent impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
 | 1808 - 844 страници
...the cause Of their best tone, their dissolution owe. Thought cannot tpend itself, com paringst'ill, The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost...thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and twice ha"; been When tempests could not. At thy firmest, age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents,... | |
 | 1808 - 436 страници
...best tone, their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, com paringstill, The great and iittle of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity, into a...thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and twice has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 страници
...unimpair'd ; But, worn by frequent impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth 426 From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 страници
...impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. .• iif* From almost nullity into a slate Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, ' Slow,...has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Tliou hadst within thy bole solid contents, That might have ribb'd the sides and plank' d the deck... | |
 | 1815 - 170 страници
...numerous flock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe shthered from the storm. Time was, when sett'ling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and time has beeu When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thon badst within thy bole solid content!, That mighthave... | |
 | John Cole (bookseller.) - 1817 - 150 страници
...numeflock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe sheltered from the storm. Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root, and time has been When tempests could not." Coloured, 10s. 25 Port, of Mr. Abbott, as Colonel Mannering, Guy Mannering, 3d. 26 Miss Bolton, now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 страници
...not unimpair'd; But, worn by frequent impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been 'When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 страници
...THE ACORN:— AN APOLOGUE. wast а bauble once;— a «up and ball, Wïiieli babes might play with : Time was when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root ;—and time has been, When tempests could not." COWPER'S Yardley Oak. A HIGH wind shook the last acorn from an old Oak. In the following night, the... | |
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Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such magnificent decay. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could... 
