 | 710 страници
...hoot' dibbling the ground, prepar'd The soft receptacle in which, secure, Thy rudiments should bleep the winter through. Time made thee what thou wast— king of the woods; And Time hath made thec what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the campaign... | |
 | 1817 - 292 страници
...was seventeen feet. On reviewing it, I could not avoid thinking on the inimitahle lines of Cowper : " Time made thee what thou wast— king of the woods ! And time hath made thce what thou art— -a cave For owls to roost in ! Once ihy spreading houghs O'erhung the Champaign... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, Ye reas'ners broad awake, whose busy search Of argument, employ'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree niellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a .skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, il ye can, Ye reas'ners broad awake, whose busy search Of argument, employ'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 400 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. « So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, Ye reas'ners broad awake, whose busy search Of argument,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...prepar'd The soft receptacle, in which, secure, Thy nidimenls should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, Ye reas'ners broad... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, Ye reas'ners broad awake, whose busy search Of argument, employ'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, Ye reas'ners broad awake, whose busy search Of argument, employ'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer, With pointed hoof dibbling the glebe, prepared The soft receptacle, in which, secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 326 страници
...embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping deer,...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. VOL. III. 19 1 1 ': ( 1 A K A \\ T. \\ Tl H. O. Ant Wh So Fancy dreams. Disprove it, if ye can, To... | |
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The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed: autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle, and a skipping... 
