 | William Cowper - 1836 - 446 pages
...as expressive of the vigour and inspiration of true poetic >r*iniiiSgenius Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Tby yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate tby growth... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 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...purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing d3wn Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But fate thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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 purlo:n'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing d nvn Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 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... | |
 | 1838 - 588 pages
...made these men stare long enough. Come away ! THE THOU wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Whicli babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking...ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held ihee, swallowing down, Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And oil thine embryo vastness, at a... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 794 pages
...Necdwood Forest, and Carrington's Dartmoor. For the Yardley Oak, see p. 1764. " Thou wert a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin d The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...R— THE OAK'S PROGRESS/ THOU wast a bauble once ; u cup and bull. Which babes might play with; aud the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, suallowiug down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, An'd all thine t-mbijo va*iness, at a gulp.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 796 pages
...Yardley Oak, see p. 1764. " Thou wert a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with j and the thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thce, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thy embryo vastncss, at a gulp.... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 590 pages
...away ! THE OAR 8 PROGRESS. THOU wnst a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play witd ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thec, swallowing down, Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vnstness, at a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proseribed, 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 deereed ; autumnal rams Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy eradle ; and a skipping... | |
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The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. 
