 The trav'ler with amazement sees A temple, Gothic, or Chinese, With many a bell, and tawdry rag on, And crested with a sprawling dragon ; A wooden arch is bent astride A ditch of water, four foot wide, With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's...  The familiar poems of Robert Lloyd - Page 18by Robert Lloyd - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Francis Fawkes - English poetry - 1763 - 270 pages
...With many a bell and tawdry rag-on, And crefted with a fprawling dragon. A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water four feet wide, With angles, curves, and zigzag lines From Halfpenny's exaft defigns. In front a level lawn is feen, Without a fhrub upon the green ; Where tafte would want... | |
 | Bonnell Thornton, George Colman - London (England) - 1767 - 310 pages
...crefted with a fprawling dragon. A wooden 238 rht CONNOISSEUR. N*. 135; A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water four feet wide; With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's exact defigns. In front a level lawn is feen, Without a fhrub upon the green ; Where Tafte would want it's... | |
 | Mr. Town - 1767 - 296 pages
...bell and tawdry rag on, And crefted with a fprawling dragon. A wooden A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water four feet wide; With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's exa£l defigns. In front a level lawn is feen, Without a fhrub upon the green ; Where Tafte would want... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...many a bell and tawdry rag on., And ere lie d with a fprawling dragon; A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water, four feet wide, With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's exaft defigns : In front, a level lawn is feen, Without a fhrub upon the green ; Where Tafte would... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...many a bell and tawdry rig on, And crtftcd with ч fprawlinr; dragon ; A woodtn ;;rch is bent aftride A ditch of water, four feet wide, With angles, curves, and zig-zag lines, From Halfpenny's exafl dciigns: In front a level lawn is fecn, Without a ihrub upon the green ; Where T,i(le would want... | |
 | English literature - 1799 - 334 pages
...many a bell and tawdry rag on, And crefted with a fprawling dragon ; A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water, four feet wide, With angles, curves, and zig-zag lines, From Halfpenny's exact defigns : In front a level lawn is feen, Without a fhrub upon the green ; Where Tafte would want its... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...many a bell, and tawdry rag on, And crefted with a fprawling dragon; A wooden arch is bent aftride A ditch of water, four feet wide, With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's exact defigns. In front, a level lawn is feen, V\ ithout a fhrub upon the green, Where tafle would want its... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 484 pages
...the yew-tree's wood, The trav'ller with amazement sees A temple, Gothic or Chinese, With many a bell and tawdry rag on, And crested with a sprawling dragon....angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's e»act designs. In front a fe»el lawn it seen, Without a shrub upon the green ; Where u»te would... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 208 pages
...trav'ler with amazement sees A temple, Gothic or Chinese, With many a bel! and tawdry rag on, And cresteJ with a sprawling dragon, A wooden arch is bent astride...water, four feet wide ; With angles, curves, and zigzag 1'mes, From Halfpenny's exact designs. In front a level lawn is seen, Without a shrub upon the green... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the yew-tree's wood, The trav'ller with amazement sees A temple Gothic, or Chinese, With many a hell and tawdry rag on, And crested with a sprawling dragon. A wooden arch U hent astride A ditch of water four feet wide. With angles, curves, and zigzag lines, From Halfpenny's... | |
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