 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 - Sayfa 271841Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 sayfa
...Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the daazling deluge; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder; not like hungering man, Fretful if unsupplied: but silent, meek,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 sayfa
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ; the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, unspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel... | |
 | Sketches - 1848 - 422 sayfa
...cutting of a CUTTING AND TRUSSING HAY. 10O hay-rick to supply the wants of hungering animals in winter. " The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbeDt sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder ; not like hungering man, Fretful, if unsupplied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 sayfa
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster' d wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad 25 And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 sayfa
...lies buried deep the da 7/1 ing deluge: and the bents. THE TASK. 255 And coarser grass, unspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine...bright apparel clad, And, fledged with icy feathers, not superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 sayfa
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...dazzling deluge : and the bents, And coarser grass, unspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 288 sayfa
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Prepost'rous sight ! the legs without the man. 6 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...bright apparel clad, And, fledged with icy feathers, most superb. 1 The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 sayfa
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, IVp-lsterous sight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, '-:f lite unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, Ami, fledged with... | |
 | Sketches - 1851 - 396 sayfa
...Cowper well describes the cutting of a hay-rick to supply the wants of hungering animals in winter. " 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 sayfa
...and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And, fledged with icy feathers, not sentence at the flames of Hell. Hard lot of man —...the reward Of virtue, and yet lose it! Wherefore h Badness. There they wait "Where, diligent to catch the first faint gleam Of smiling day, they gosiip'd... | |
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