 Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But...  Poems - Page 100by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; 75 While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, 80 Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plundered of their sweets,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wiv.dernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plundered of their fweeti, Neftareous efl'cnccs,... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 230 pages
...But my qualification's without the least flaw, Audi killmy game fairly, according to law. COSMETICS. -Roses for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of...age ; Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald ; Heai'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their street! : NecUreous essences, Olympian dews ! COWFIK.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ttrange But gay confufion — rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heaven,earth,amloceanplunder'doftheirfwcets, Nedtareous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confqfion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth lor the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plundered of their fwcstc, Neftareous... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...spread the page, Li which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse:us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, andocean.phmderedof their sweets, Nectareous esaences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plundered of their sweets. Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears...bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweeb, .Nciurccms essences, Olympian dews. Sermons, and city feasts, and fav'rite airs, JEthereal journirs,... | |
 | John Corry - 1809 - 236 pages
...iiutd'jinittija's like theirs, without flaw, And I kill my game fairly attordingto law ! 135 - • Roses for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded...age ; Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald ; llrav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder' d' of their sweets: Nectareous essences, Olympiad deWt! Next... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...The re-t appears a wilderness of strange Butgav confusion —roses for the checks And lillics f.ir the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven.earth.andoceaii plunder' A of theirs wee- Is, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews ; ?iermons.... | |
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