The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb.... The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian - Page 271841Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1825 - 248 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsighthj./tntl unseen, now shine Conspicuous,jmd, in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers,... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight ! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight ! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens... | |
| William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and... | |
| William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 pages
...western horizon, about an hour after sun-set. METEOROLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, AND BOTANICAL PHENOMENA. "THE verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...dazzling deluge ; and the bents And coarser grass, uprearing o'er the rest. Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder ; not like hungering man, Fretful if uusupplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And fledg*d with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, Ard fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners where the fence Screens them,... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plastered wall, Preposterous sight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...bright apparel clad, And, fledged with icy feathers, not superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaster'd wall, Prepost'rous sight! the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath...now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, 25 And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens... | |
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