 Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air...  Poems - Page 206by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field ; There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm,^ Who, when she formed, designed thom an :ihexl«. The sum is... | |
 | John Comly - Readers - 1849 - 234 pages
...offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field ; There they are privileg'd ; and he that hunts, Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, — Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field ; There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she formed, designed them an abode. The sum is this.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 pages
...alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A neceffary act incurs no blame. Not fo when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltlefs of offence, they...Difturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when me form'd, defign'd them an abode. The fum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or fafety interfere,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field ; There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode The sum is this.... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...proper bounds And guiltless of offence, they range the air, 575 Or take their pastime in the spacious field. There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of nature's realm, Who when she form'd, design'd them an abode. 580 The sum is... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1854 - 402 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she formed, designed them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...proper bounds And guiltless of offence, they range the air, 575 Or take their pastime in the spacious field. There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of nature's realm, Who when she form'd, design'd them an abode. 580 The sum is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...they range the air, " 573 Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileg'd ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. 5-SO The sum... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime' in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode The sum is this.... | |
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