Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 111
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
... fields , and female feet , Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay , Or ford the rivulets , are best at home , The task of new discoveries falls on me . At such a season , and with such a charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till ...
Page 115
... field ; but , scattered by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The ...
... field ; but , scattered by degrees , Each to his choice , soon whiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lightened of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The ...
Page 121
... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencilled scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God , The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; Scenes of Nature please ...
... field For the unscented fictions of the loom ; Who , satisfied with only pencilled scenes , Prefer to the performance of a God , The inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the mimic works of art ; Scenes of Nature please ...
Page 123
... fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And sullen ...
... fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And sullen ...
Page 136
... field , and clothes a soil So steril with what charms soe'er she will , The richest scenery and the loveliest forms . Where finds philosophy her eagle eye , With which she gazes at yon burning disk Undazzled , and detects and counts his ...
... field , and clothes a soil So steril with what charms soe'er she will , The richest scenery and the loveliest forms . Where finds philosophy her eagle eye , With which she gazes at yon burning disk Undazzled , and detects and counts his ...
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