 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagina’s
...here; £ 21 While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange, But gay confusion;...toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth and ocean, plundered of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favorite... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pagina’s
...comprehenaion^wawiers lost'; While fields of pleasantry amuse us then With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heavcn,earth,andocean,plundeiedof theirsweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for tho toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth and ocean, plundered of their sweets, Nectareous... | |
 | Songs - 1833 - 142 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion ; roses for the cheeks, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Heaven, earth,... | |
 | 1834 - 506 pagina’s
...modesty, it is highly praiseworthy ; but it prevents us from handing down the names of these benevolent persons to future ages as they deserve. Posterity...bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympic dews, Sermons and city feasts, and favourite airs, Ethereal journeys,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Hwiv'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite airs, Ethereal... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...bald ; Heaven, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their sweets; Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite airs : Ethereal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite airs, jEthereal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 pagina’s
...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 gay confusion...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plundered of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Permons, and... | |
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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... 
