 Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the...  The book of trees - Side 9av Book - 1837Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Homerus - 1721 - 324 sider
...Circling around the place, where times to come Shall view Patroclus' and Achilles' tomb. The failing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry> The builder oak, file ting of firefls ali, Tlic afpine food for faiies, the tjprefs fmerat. The laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 574 sider
...fong to fcorn the cruel fky. Much 'gan they praife the trees fo ftraight and high, The failing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The builder Oak, fole King of forrefts all, The Afpine, good for ftaves, the Cyprefs funeral. The Laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Homer - 1760 - 346 sider
...cyprefs funeral. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage: the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
 | Publius Papinius Statius - 1767 - 352 sider
...is thought by Mr. Pope the belt in our Author, and copied by Spencer and Taffb. ,, The failing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The Vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty... | |
 | Publius Papinius Statius - 1767 - 696 sider
...Forefls, is thought by Mr. Pope the heft in our Author, and copied by Spencer and TaJ/b. The failing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The Vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 sider
...work is executed : SPENSER. Much 'gan they praife the trees fo ftraight and high, The failing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, fole king of foreib all, The afpine good for Haves, the cyprefs funeral. The laurel, mead of mighty... | |
 | Homer - 1796 - 380 sider
...hurls her oaks The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage : the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
 | 1803 - 408 sider
...trees in the forest where the Red-Cross Kight lost truth, B. 1. Cant. I.Stan. 8, 9. The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. The laurel,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 sider
...in the forest, where the Redcross Knight lost Truth. B. i. Cant. i. Stan. 8, 9. " The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry. The builder-oak, sole kiny of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. " The l.iurcl,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 304 sider
...trees in the forest where the ved-cross knight lost Truth, B. 1 Cant. 1. Stan. 8,9' The sailing- pine, the cedar proud and tall, ' The vine-prop elm, the...' The builder oak, sole king of forests all, ' The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9 ' The laurel meed of mighty conquerors, ' And poets... | |
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