Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw... The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 213by William Cowper - 1830Full view - About this book
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and bew'd, yet not destroy'd. The little ones unbntton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot;...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw.' ' This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 338 pages
...while deep etnploy'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, yet not destroj'd. The little ones unbuttonM, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot;...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. ' This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...deep employed, Thongh mangled, hacked, und hewed, not yet destroved : The little ones, unhuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the hall into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once*... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...hewed, not yet destroyed : The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the vevy spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch i In ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...while deep employ'd, Though mangled, back'd, and hew'd, yet not defitroy'd, The little ones unbntton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot;...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. ' This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
| Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...little ones unbuttoned,-glowing hotPlaying our games,-and on the very spot; — As happy as we once,-to kneel and draw The chalky ring, — and knuckle down at taw ; — To pitch the ball into the grounded hat,Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; — The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pages
...Tho'mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, . ' 1'Iaying our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious wild a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection of our own delights,... | |
| Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...The bench on which we sat while deep employed, Though mangled, hack'd, and hewed, not yet destroyed : The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection of our own delights, That,... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd,notyet destroy'd: The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Flaying our games, and on the very spot; As happy as we once,...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection of our own delights That, viewing... | |
| George Crabbe - 1823 - 224 pages
...The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, yet not destroy'd. The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
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