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" Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew Betrays her early labyrinth ; and deep, In scatter'd sullen openings, far behind, With every breeze she hears the coming storm;... "
Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 452
by William Bingley - 1803
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The poetical works of James Thomson. With life, critical diss., and ...

James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain brook. Vain is her best precaution ; though she sits iio Conceal'd, with folded ears ; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew...
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Chaucer to Burns

Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 838 pages
...the Sun, Concoctivc ; and 'the nodding sandy bank. Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain brookVain is the minister Of law, his people into Canaan lead...whom the Gentiles Jesus call. His name and office horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew...
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Dogs: their sagacity, instinct, and uses

George Frederick Pardon - 1877 - 378 pages
...derives its name. You know the pretty lines that tell of the chase of the poor innocent animal : — " Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare, Yet vain...Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By nature raised to take the horizon in, And head conceal'd betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The...
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Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 16

1896 - 532 pages
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution ; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew...
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James Thomson

George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 pages
...some lone seat Eetir'd, the rushy fen, the ragged furze, Stretch'd o'er the stony heath. . . . Vain is her best precaution, though she sits Conceal'd, with...ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in, And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew Betrays...
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James Thomson

George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 pages
...some lone seat Retir'd, the rushy fen, the ragged furze, Stretch'd o'er the stony heath. . . . Vain is her best precaution, though she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rols'd to take th' horizon in, And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away....
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Thomson's Seasons

James Thomson - 1908 - 408 pages
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th'horizon in; 410 And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented...
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Palaestra: Untersuchungen und Texte aus der deutschen und englischen Philologie

1908 - 718 pages
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th'horizon in; 4-0 And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented...
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