 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...thickest 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...auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...shades, like Adam, after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a'banble once, a cnp and ball, Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay. Seeking her food, with ease might have pnrlomM The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babesmight play with; and the thievish jay. Seeking her food,...auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...Wagtail ! see, That the Hawk was made for THEE ? J. Montgomery. YAKDLEY OAK. THOU wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thy embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent tree,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...passages, as expressive of the vigour and inspiration of true poetic genius. 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, Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 pages
...as expressive of the vigour and inspiration of true poetic Dennis. genius. 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, Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, I MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 455 Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The...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 - 1835 - 726 pages
...thickest 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...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purlniu'd The auburn nut that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 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...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 - 1835 - 448 pages
...inspiration of true poetic genius. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play withj and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease...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... | |
| |
The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. 
