No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its... The Task: A Poem in Six Books - Side 110av William Cowper - 1811 - 212 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sider
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depi&ed flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
| 1802 - 302 sider
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd, pert proficient in the art 1^5 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle j)Hes its busy task, • 150 The pattern grows, the wetirdepifted flower, Wrought patiently into the... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sider
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...its busy task; The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 sider
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powdered pert proficient in the art . : Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary streds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake:... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 sider
...stop short before these gates; NM powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assanlts these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 sider
...uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gatesj No powder'd pen, proficient in e grave, great Taliessin, hear ; ' Cuuirli their own knell, while heedless of the sound The silent circle fan themselves, and quake ;... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short beiore these gates j No powdcr'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, "Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 384 sider
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 sider
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary steeds. The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies it's busy task, 150 The pattern... | |
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