 The living stains which Nature's hand alone, Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone : For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and rocky bed descry ; There Science loves to trace her tribes minute, The juiceless foliage, and the tasteless...  The Borough: A Poem in Twenty-four Letters - Page 20by George Crabbe - 1810 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 950 pages
...The living stains which nature's hand alone, Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone; For ever growing, where the common eye Can but the bare and...descry. There Science loves to trace her tribes minute, Thejuicclcss foliage, and the tasteless fruit; There she perceives them round the surface creep, And... | |
 | John Wodderspoon - 1839 - 334 pages
...The living stains which Nature's hand alone, Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone : For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and...round the surface creep, And while they meet, their dne distinction keep ; Mix'd, but not blended, each its name retains, And these are nature's ever during... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 332 pages
...engraving of which will form a frontispiece to one of th« •olMmes of this collection.] For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and...round the surface creep, And while they meet their due distinction keep ; Mix'd but not blended ; each its name retains, And these are Nature's ever-during... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...The living stains which Nature's hand alone, Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone ; For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and...the surface creep. And while they meet, their due distinction keep ; Mix'd, but not blended ; each its name retains, And these are Nature's ever-during... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 pages
...hand alone, ?rofuse of life, pours forth upon the stone ; ?от ever growing; where the common eye but the bare and rocky bed descry ; There Science...the surface creep, And while they meet, their due distinction keep ; Mix'd but not blended ; each its name retains, And theee are nature's ever-during... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1846 - 376 pages
...The living stains which Nature's hand alone, Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone : For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and...round the surface creep, And while they meet their due distinction keep ; Mix'd but not blended ; each its name retains, And these are Nature's ever-during... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...she perceives them round the surface creep, And while they meet their due distinction keep; Mix'd but not blended ; each its name retains, And these are Nature's ever-during stains. And wouldst i IH.II. Artist ! with thy tints and brush, Form shades like these ? Pretender, where thy blush ? »... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1848 - 610 pages
...hand alone Profuse of life pours forth upon the stone; For ever growing, where the common eye (Ian but the bare and rocky bed descry, There Science loves to trace her tribes minute The juiccless foliage and the tasteless fruit ; There she perceives them round the surface creep, And while... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pages
...pours forth upon the stone, For ever growing ; where the common eye Can but the bare and rocky hed descry, There Science loves to trace her tribes minute,...the surface creep, And while they meet, their due distinction keep, Mix'd but not blended ; each its name retains ; And these are Nature's ever during... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1852 - 560 pages
...living stains which Nature's, hand alone, ''Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone; For ever' growing- ; /where the common eye Can but the bare...bed descry; There Science loves to trace her tribes mihute, The juiceless foliage, and the tasteless' fruit ; There she perceives them rourtd the surface... | |
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