 Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But...  The Life and Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe - Sida 130efter George Crabbe - 1847 - 587 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion, rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweet?p Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange. But gay confufion, rofei for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fvverts, * Ne&areous efiehces, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feafts, and fav'rite airs, .ffitherial... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufiojt; rofes for the cheeks. And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heay'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of thetr fweets, ireous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes.. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous efifences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reff appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 sidor
...dcfcants on a nation's \\ocs. The reft appears a wildernefs of dränge But gay confufion — rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Hcav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their Necbreous cfTenccs,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 sidor
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feafts, and fav'rite airs, Ethereal journies,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 sidor
...meiry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of llrange But gay confufiora ', rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | 1801 - 452 sidor
...spread the pa^c, In which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us theje, With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion— roies for the checks, THE MONTHLY VISITOR. 337 And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sidor
...thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; 75 While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, 80 Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plundered of their sweets,... | |
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