 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
 | Robert Demaus - Education - 1860 - 296 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 fonn'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 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.... | |
 | Nathaniel Paterson - 1860 - 250 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... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1860 - 490 pages
...bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious waste, There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she formed, designed them an abodei Distinguished... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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 ibrm'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this:... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1864 - 454 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 th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this.... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 344 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 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 fbrm'd, designed them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 530 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... | |
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