 Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs...  Reading book. New code, 1981. Standard 1, 4-6 - Страница 178по Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1841 - 986 страници
...without pain." Few hares have had equal honours at their death. Read the epitaphs by the poet: " Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo— Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 страници
...truth is unwelcome, however divine, And unless you adorn it, a nausea follows. EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...ne'er- tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 страници
...hearts is lawful prize, Nor all that glitters, gold. Gray. 151.— EPITAPH ON A TAME HARE.[i) Here lies whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound follow ; Whose foot ne'er tainted morning's dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 страници
...tomb, like Hamilton's, aloud Exclaims,' Prepare thee for an early shroud.' EPITAPH ON A HARE. HEBE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my haud he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 страници
...halloo. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds confin'd, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance ev'ry night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 страници
...tomb, like Hamilton's, aloud Exclaims, ' Prepare thee for an early shroud.' EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERB lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue^ Nor swifter greyhound...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 страници
...without pain. [We subjoin to this interesting narrative Cowper's ' EPITAPH ON A HARE : ' — ] Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined,... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1848 - 1102 страници
...old age, and apparently without pain. The underwritten epitaph on Tiney was by his old master. Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor e'er heard huntsman's hoQo'. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 страници
...truth is unwelcome, however divine, And unless you adorn it, a nausea follows. EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 страници
...early shroud." EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound follow, Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who nursed with tender care, And to domestic hounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night,... | |
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