Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along ; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme ; There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain ; A bird, a leaf, will set them... The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem - Page 12by Robert Bloomfield - 1800 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
| Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...they bound along; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme; There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain; A bird,...off again: Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scat t' ring the wild-brier roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the tornjlawer... | |
| Robert Bloomfield - Farm life - 1801 - 390 pages
...hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme; Contrast of their near approaching fate. v. 33»; There panting stop; yet scarcely can refrain-; A bird,...them off again : Or, if a gale with strength unusual blowr Scatt'ring the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the... | |
| 1801 - 432 pages
...Adown the slope, tlien up the hillock, climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme; There panrtng stop ; yet scarcely can refrain; A bird, a leaf, will...a gale with strength unusual blow, Scatt'ring the wild -briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn flower the fair... | |
| Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1806 - 198 pages
...the hillock climb, Where every mdehill is a bed of thyme ; Contrast of their near approaching fate. There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain ; A...roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts tryr Like the torn flower the fair assemblage fly. Ah, fallen rose ! sad emblem of their doom ; Frail... | |
| William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...they bound along. Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every mole-hill is a bed of thyme. There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain ; A...off again. Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-brier roses into snow ; Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...delay. Like the fond dove, from fearful prison freed, Each seems to say, " Come, let us try our speed." There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain ; A...off again : Or if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-brier roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...climh, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme ; There panting stop, yet scarcely can refrain A hird, a leaf will set them off again. Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
| Agnes Strickland - Animals - 1830 - 230 pages
...climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme ; There panting stop, yet scarcely can refrain; A bird, or leaf, will set them off again; Or if a gale, with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try; Like the lorn... | |
| Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...bound along ; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bank of thyme ; There panting stop : yet scarcely can refrain, A bird,...again : Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-brier roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...bound along; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme ¡ differ .' Discount what scant occasion gave, That...(what's aft mair than a' the lave) Your better art o' hi Scattering the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
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