... time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks That grazed it stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm. The Augustan review - Page 238Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 578 pages
...safe-sheller'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now ; thou hast out-liv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth !' r. 41 1 . ' Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root — and time... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...safe^shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast out-liv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth ! Then twig; then sapling ; and, as cen'tty roll'd Slow after century, a giant-bulk Of girth enormous,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. Jfo flock frequents thee now. Thou hast out-liv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth ! While thus through all the stages thou hast push'4 Of treeship^—first a seedling, hid in grass... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pages
...safe shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now, thou has.t outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth ! While thus thro' all the stages thou hast push'd Of tree-ship, first a seedling, hid in grass ? Then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast out-liv'd Thy popularity, and art becortie (Unless verse rescue thee awhile)) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth ! 455 Then twig ; then sapling ; and, as cent'ry roll'd Slow after century, a giant-bulk Of girth enormous,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth. 425 Of girth enormous, with moss-cushion'd root Upheav'd above the soil, and sides imboss'd With prominent... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth. Of girth enormous, with moss-cushion'd root Upheav'd above the soil, and sides imboss'd With prominent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth. While thus through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship — first a seedling, hid in grass ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...safe-shelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth. While thus through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship — first a seedling, hid in grass ;... | |
 | 1816 - 514 pages
...safe ghelter'd from the storm. No flock frequents thee now. Thou hast outliv'd Thy popularity, and art become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth. While thus through all the stages thou hast push*d Of treeship — first a seedling, hid in grass ;... | |
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