| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...him. He says, in his Summer, " A various group the herds and flocks compose : " on the grassy bank " Some ruminating lie ; while others stand, " Half in...flood, and, often bending, sip " The circling surface." Wolmer-pond, so called, I suppose, for eminence sake, is a vast lake for this part of the world, containing,... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still. Amid his subjects safe, Slumbers the monarch-swain ; his careless arm Thrown round his head, on downy... | |
| James Thomson - Seasons - 1826 - 438 pages
...a limped plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the...honest front, Which incompos'd he shakes; and from his side* The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still. Amid his subjects safe, Slumbers... | |
| James Thomson - Seasons - 1826 - 176 pages
...limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, 485 Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, 490 Which incomposed he shakes ; and from his sidei The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning... | |
| James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...into a limpid plain; A various group the herds and flocks compose: Rural confusion! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the...surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, with honest front, Which incompos'd he shakes; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the Hood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the...laborious ox, of honest front, Which incompos'd he sliakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still. Amid his... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1829 - 364 pages
...various group the herds and flocks compose : on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while oihers stand, Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface." Wolmer Pond, so called, I suppose, for eminence sake, is a vast lake for this part of the world, containing,... | |
| Months - 1830 - 188 pages
...woods, or resorts to pools and streams to cool their bodies and quench their thirst, On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the...droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes; and from his sides The troublous insects lashec with bis tail, Returning still.... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose ; Rural confusion! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, witb honest front, Which incompos'd he shakes ; and from bis sides The troublous insects lashes with... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still.... | |
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