 When tides were neap, and, in the sultry day, Through the tall bounding mud-banks made their way, Which on each side rose swelling, and below The dark warm flood ran silently and slow; There anchoring, Peter chose from man to hide, There hang his head,...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 388by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 762 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...warm flood ran silently and slow; There anchoring, Peter chose from man to hide, There hang his head, and view the lazy tide In its hot slimy channel slowly...race; Or sadly listen to the tuneless cry Of fishing gvll or clanging golden rye; VOL. iv. 2 6 He nurst the feelings these dull scenes produce, And lov'd... | |
 | Religion - 1812 - 954 pages
...warm flood ran »ilemly and slow ; There anchoring, Peter chose from man to hide, There hang his head, and view the lazy tide In its hot slimy channel slowly...shallows play; Where gaping muscles, left upon the mud, Horrors that would the sternest mindi amaze. Horrors that demons might be proud to raise ; And though... | |
 | 1810 - 538 pages
...flood ran silently and slow ; There anchoring, Peter chose from man to hide," There hang his head, and view the lazy tide In its hot slimy channel slowly glide ; Wiiere the small eels that left die deeper way For the warm shore, within the shallows play ; Where... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...silently and slow; ,- , There anchoring, Peter chose from Man to hide, . r. -A } There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide • > In its hot slimy Channel...passage to the fallen Flood ; — Here dull and hopeless he'll lie down and trace How sidelong Crabs had scrawl'd their crooked race ; Or sadly listen to the... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 372 pages
...warm flood ran silently and slow; There anchoring, Peter chose from man to hide. There hang his head, and view the lazy tide In its hot slimy channel slowly...play ; Where gaping muscles, left upon the mud, Slope sheir slow passage to the fallen flood ; Here dull and hopeless he'd lie down and trace How side-long... | |
 | George Crabbe - City and town life - 1810 - 402 pages
...Flood ran silently and slow ; There anchoring, Peter chose from Man to hide, x There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide ; . ,>' In its hot slimy Channel slowly glide ; • .^.. i. J; Where the small Eels that left the deeper way . . For the warm Shore, within the Shallows... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...to hide, -1 There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide I In its hot slimy Channel slowly glide , J Where the small Eels that left the deeper way For...hopeless he'd lie down and trace How side-long Crabs had scrawled their crooked race ; Or sadly listen to the tuneless cry Of fishing Gull or clanging Golden-Eye... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...warm Flood ran silently and slow; There anchoring, Peter chose from Man to hide, There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide In its hot slimy Channel slowly...passage to the fallen Flood;—, Here dull and hopeless he 'd lie down and trace How sidelong Crabs had scrawl'd their crooked race; Or sadly listen to the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 338 pages
...warm Flood ran silently and slow ; There anchoring, Peter chose from Man to hide, There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide In its hot slimy Channel slowly...within the Shallows play ; Where gaping Muscles, left npon the Mud, Slope their slow passage to the fallen Flood ; — Here dull and hopeless he 'd lie down... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...warm Flood ran silently and slow; There anchoring, Peter chose from Man to hide, There hang his Head, and view the lazy Tide In its hot slimy Channel slowly...passage to the fallen Flood;— Here dull and hopeless he 'il lie down and trace How sidelong Crabs had scrawl'd their crooked race; Or sadly listen to the... | |
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