...prospect. We will pass from his poetry with a few of these instantaneous plates: 534 CRARFtE, BURNS. 1. There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war 2. A sunken boat resists the tide. That frets and hurries to the opposing side; The rushes sharp that...

...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares...

...appears. Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears Rank weeds that every art and care defy, Reigri o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thistles...There poppies nodding mock the hope of toil; There the bine bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf The slimy mallow waves...

...village. The very landscape becomes blighted and barren under his hands— " Bank weeds that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war. * * * * * Here joyless roam a wild amphibious race, With sullen woe display'd in every face, Who far...

...village. The very landscape becomes blighted and barren under his hands — " Rank weeds that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war. * * * * « Here joyless roam a wild amphibious race, With sullen woe display"d in every face, Who far...

...landscape becomes blighted and barren under his hands — " Rank weeds that every art and care defy, Eeign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; There thistles...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war. ***** Here joyless roam a wild amphibious race, With sullen woe display'd in every face, Who far from...

...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; 70 There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ;...

...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy. Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threatens war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile...

...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infants threaten war ; There poppies nodding mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints...

...defiantly beautiful objects to Clare, but in Crabbe's world they constitute a threat to the nation's youth: There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war68 Beauty is, as always, in the eye of the beholder, and reveals political attitudes. The enclosurists...