 | James Thomson - 1826 - 438 pages
...Gently diffus 'd into a limped plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others...flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incompos'd he shakes; and from... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...Gently ditt'us'd into a limpid plain ; A various groupe the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the Hood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...support of another I Thomson, who was a nice observer of natural occurrences, did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him. He says, in his Summer :...compose : on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while oihers stand, Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface." Wolmer Pond, so called,... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pages
...the recesses of woods, or resorts to pools and streams to cool their bodies and quench their thirst, On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others...flood, and often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle, droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes; and from... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose ; Rural confusion! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others...flood, and often bending sip The circling, surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, witb honest front, Which incompos'd he shakes ; and from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Gently diffused into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others...flood, and often bending sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes ; and from... | |
 | 1834 - 180 pages
...Gently diffused into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank „ Some ruminating lie ; while...flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes ; and from... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1836 - 398 pages
...support of another! Thomson, who was a nice observer of natural Recurrence?, did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him. He says, in his Summer, — A various group the Herds and flocks compose : OD the grassy bank Some, ruminating, lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion 1 On the grassy bank Some ruminating He ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, • - Which incompos'd he shakes ; and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...a limpid plain; A various group the herds and flocks compose ; Rural confusion ! On the grassy hank Some ruminating lie ! while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending aip Tbe circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, with honest front, Which incompos'd... | |
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Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in... 
