 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 - English poetry - 1802 - 350 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... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...the legs without the man. 20 The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling ueluge ; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er...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 - 1802 - 364 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaftered wall, Prepoftcrous fight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents, And coarfer grafs, upfpearing o'er the reft, Of late unfightly and unfeen, now fhine Confpicuous, and in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...approach The cottage, walk' along the plafter'd'wall, Prepoft'rous fight ! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ^and the bents, And coarfer grafs, upfpearing o'er the reft^ Of !ate unfightly and unfeert, now fhine Confpicuous, and,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the plaftered wall, Prepofterous fight! the legs without the man. The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the bents, And coarfer grafs, upfpearing o'er the reft, Of late unfightly and unfeen, now fhine Confpicuous, and in... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 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...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they wait Their wonted fodder ; not like hungering man, Fretful if unsupplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 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 the dazzling deluge; and the bents, And coarser gra's, upspearing o'er the rest,. Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...lies huried deep ,, Beneath the dazzling deluge ; and the hents, ,-jj And coarser grass, upspearjng o'er the rest, ^ Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in hright apparel clad, ( ^ And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superh., rt )ug The cattle mourn in corners,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...approach The cottage, walk along the phister'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 Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And, fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in...seem half petrified to sleep In unrecumbent sadness. There they n ait Their wonted fodder; not like hung'ring man, Fretful if unsupplied ; but silent, meek,... | |
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