Twas doubtful which was rain, and which was dust. Ah! where must needy poet seek for aid, When dust and rain at once his coat invade? Signal Service Notes - Page 105by United States. Army. Signal Corps - 1883Full view - About this book
| Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...unequal strife, But, aided by the wind, fought still for life, And wafted with its foe by violent gust, 'Twas doubtful which was rain and which was dust....the rain, Erects the nap, and leaves a cloudy stain ! Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down, Threatening with deluge this devoted town. To shops... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 pages
...life, 391 And wafted with its foe by violent gust, 'Twas doubtful which was rain, and which was dust. 1 Ah! where must needy poet seek for aid, When dust and rain at once his coat invade? Sole 2 coat! where dust, cemented by the rain, Erects the nap, and leaves a cloudy stain! Now in contiguous... | |
| Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 314 pages
...th'unequal Strife, But aided by the Wind, fought still for Life; And wafted with its Foe by violent Gust, 'Twas doubtful which was Rain, and which was Dust....the Rain, Erects the Nap, and leaves a cloudy Stain. Now in contiguous Drops the Flood comes down, Threat'ning with Deluge this Devoted Town. The Ternpler... | |
| Rick Allen - Literary Collections - 1998 - 268 pages
...unequal strife, But aided by the wind, fought still for life; And wafted with its foe by violent gust, 'Twas doubtful which was rain, and which was dust....the rain Erects the nap, and leaves a cloudy stain. 30 Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down, Threat'ning with deluge this devoted town. To shops... | |
| John Sitter - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 322 pages
...unequal strife, But aided by the wind fought still for life, And wafted with its foe by violent gust, 'Twas doubtful which was rain, and which was dust....the rain Erects the nap, and leaves a cloudy stain. Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down, Threatening with deluge this devoted town. To shops in... | |
| Edward Tomarken - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 292 pages
...unequal strife; But, aided by the wind, fought still for life, And wafted with its foe by violent gust, 'Twas doubtful which was rain and which was dust....cemented by the rain Erects the nap, and leaves a mingled stain. (1:2300) Clearly, the strategy of this satire is to replace the idealized realm of pastoral,... | |
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