 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 sidor
...lent us your own coat Againfl the Winter's cold ? And the plain ox, That harmlefs, honed, guilelcfs animal, In what has he offended ? he, whofe toil,...ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harveft : fliall he bleed, And druggling groan beneath the cruel hands, Hv'n of the clown he feeds ? and thar,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 sidor
...cold? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless animal, In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed, And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ?... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 sidor
...cold ? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless animal, In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed, And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds? and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 sidor
...cold? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless aninW, In what has l\e offended ? he, whose toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed, And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands E'en of the clown he feeds? and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 330 sidor
...winter's cold ? And the plain ox, That harmlefs, hone It, guilelefs animal, In what has he offended I he, whofe toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the...bleed, And ftruggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ? and that, perhaps, To fwell the riot of th' autumnal feaft, Won by his... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 sidor
...cold ? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guiltless animal, In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, ^Patient and ever ready, clothes the land 'With all the pomp of harvest; shall he hleed, And struggling groan heneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ?... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 sidor
...cold ? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless animal ! In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, Patient, and ever ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest, shall he bleed, 565 And, struggling, groan beneath the cruel hands E'en of the clown he feeds... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 sidor
...cold? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless animal, In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the land 'With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed, And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds? and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 sidor
...cold ? And the plain ox, That harmless, honest, guileless animal, In what has he offended ? he, whose toil, Patient and ever ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed, 365 And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 sidor
...harmlefs, honeft, guilclefs animal, In what has he offended ? he whofe toil, Patient and ever-ready, clothes the land With all the pomp of harveft, fhall he bleed Acd Perhaps that voice or cry fo nearly refembling the human, with which Providence has endued fo many... | |
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What have ye done; ye peaceful people, what, To merit death ? you, who have given us milk In luscious streams, and lent us your own coat Against the winter's cold? 
