 | 1804 - 572 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled ! ' Thou wert a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...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... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...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... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pages
...babes might play with i and Uie thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease »igW *»** purloin'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down „...latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gul;i. But fate thy growth decreed: autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent tree, mellow'd the soil, Desigu'd... | |
 | 1808 - 844 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam, after tastt Of prosci-ib'd, as to arefugc fled ! Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have, purloin 'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close -folded latitude of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulph. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit progcrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vasthess at a gulp. But... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The-auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil i Designed thy cradle ; and a skipping... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of hougbs And all thine embryo rastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath... | |
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