| William Cowper - 1853 - 800 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, 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 mcllow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. -. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, n'hich babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking...purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Th" yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. , But Fate thy gTowlfT3ecreed... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. I VOL. III. I'.f Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastncss at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 488 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 down 20 Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. 1 This tree had... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...bauble once ; a cup-and-ball, Which babes might piny with ; and the thievish jay Seeking her fowl, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that...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 - 1854 - 486 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...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... | |
| William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 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...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... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 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 he/ food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pages
...Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup-and-bnll, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay...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 - 1855 - 580 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...might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowmg down MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 355 Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo... | |
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