| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...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...root — and time has been When tempests could not." r. 413. We must now complete our copied sketch. ' Purity and tenderness of sentiment,' ' religious... | |
| William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur,...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 436 pages
...dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, com paringstill, The great and iittle of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity, into a state Of matchless grandeur,...thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and twice has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents,... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. .• iif* From almost nullity into a slate Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, ' Slow,...has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Tliou hadst within thy bole solid contents, That might have ribb'd the sides and plank' d the deck... | |
| Northampton (England) - 1815 - 170 pages
...numerous flock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe shthered from the storm. Time was, when sett'ling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and time has beeu When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thon badst within thy bole solid content!, That mighthave... | |
| John Cole (bookseller.) - 1817 - 150 pages
...numeflock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe sheltered from the storm. Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root, and time has been When tempests could not." Coloured, 10s. 25 Port, of Mr. Abbott, as Colonel Mannering, Guy Mannering, 3d. 26 Miss Bolton, now... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur,...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been 'When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...THE ACORN:— AN APOLOGUE. wast а bauble once;— a «up and ball, Wïiieli babes might play with : Time was when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root ;—and time has been, When tempests could not." COWPER'S Yardley Oak. A HIGH wind shook the last acorn from an old Oak. In the following night, the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur,...been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou had: t within thy bole solid contents That might have ribb'd the sides and plank'd the deck Of some... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, MOW, into such magnificent decay. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the... | |
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