 Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its...  The task, a poem, illustr. by B. Foster - Página 3de William Cowper - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 páginas
...lab' ring team, that swerv'd not from the track, The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course Delighted. There, fast rooted in their bank, Stand, never overlook'd, our fav'rite... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 páginas
...moving, and beside His lab'ring team, that swerv'd not from the track, The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Ousc, slow winding through a level...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course Delighted. There, fast rooted in their bank, Stand, never overlook'd, our fav'rite... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 474 páginas
...Olney; soon afterwards, turning suddenly to the east, it leaves the county near Brayfield. The Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads,...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course Delighted. Cow FER'S TASK. The THAME rises near the borders of the county in Hertfordshire,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 512 páginas
...Olney, soon afterwards, turning suddenly to the east, it leaves the county near Bray field. The Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads,...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course Delighted. COWFER'STASK. The THAME rises near the borders of the county in Hertfordshire,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 páginas
...His lab'ring team, that swerv'd not from the track, The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy I Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads...rooted in their bank, Stand, never overlook'd, our fav'rite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream,... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 330 páginas
...afterwards, turning suddenly to the east, leaves the county near Snelson in the parish of Latendon. " The Ousc, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its smuou* course, Delighted." Cmci,er's Tuik. The Colne forms a part of the eastern boundarv trf the... | |
 | 1802 - 302 páginas
...lab'ring team, that swerv'd not from the track, The sturdy swain diminish'd to a boy '. Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conduces the eye along his sinuous course 165 Delighted. There, fast rootetl in their bank, Stand,... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - 1803 - 102 páginas
...conspicuous. The accompanying scenery is charmingly described by the poet in the following lines: Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads,...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course, Delighted. While far beyond, and over• thwart the stream, That, as with molten... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - 1803 - 116 páginas
...conspicuous. The accompanying scenery is charmingly described by the poet in the following lines: Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads,...with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along its sinuous course, Delighted. While far beyond, and over-thwart the stream, That, as with molten glass,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 páginas
...boy!' Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plaia' Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled over, ' Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted. There, fast rooted in their bank, Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwarl... | |
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