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" Unkind and griping, caus'da desert there. As near the miser's heavy doors they drew, Fierce rising gusts with sudden fury blew ; The nimble lightning mix'd with showers began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. "
Miscellany poems. By mr. Pope (By several hands). - Page 200
by Miscellaneous poems - 1732
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 5

Great Britain - 1804 - 528 pages
...begin, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder гзп. Here long they knock, but knock or coll il vain, Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length foine pay warm'd the mjfrrr's breift, ('Twasthen, his thre(hold firft re^civ'J a gusíl) Slow creaking...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...doors they drew, Fierce rising gusts with sudden fury blew, The nimble lightning mix'd with show'rs began, And o'er their heads loud-rolling thunder ran....Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, ('Twas then his threshold first receiv'da guest) ; Slow creaking...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...sudden fury blew ; The nimble light'ning, mix'd with show'rs, began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call...Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, (Twas then lib threshold first receiv'da guest) Slow creaking...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...fury blew : The nimble lightning mix'd with show'rs began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunders ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call in vain,...Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, ( Twas then his threshold first receiv'da guest ) Slow creeking...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...sudden fury blew; The nimble lightning mix'd with showers began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call...Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast fTwas then his threshold first receiv'da guest :) Slow creeking...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...sudden fury blew j The nimble light'ning mix'd with show'rs began. And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call...Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, (Twas then his threshold first receiv'da guest) Slow creaking...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...sudden fury blew ; The nimble lightning mix'd with show'rs began, And o'er their heads loud rolling 9 battcr'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast ('Twas then his threshold first...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...sudden fury blew ; The nimble lightning, mix'd with show'rs, began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call...Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, ('Twas then his threshold first receiv'da guest) Slow creaking...
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Sequel to the English Reader, Or Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...began, And o'er tbeir heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call in vainj Driv'n by the wind and batter'd by the rain. At length fome pity warm'd the mafler's breaft ; ('Twas then his threfhold firft r'eceiv'da gueli ;) Slow creaking turns the door...
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Child's Magazine, Volume 2

1816 - 300 pages
...showers began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call ia vain, Driv'n by the wind, and batter'd by the rain. At length, some pity warm'd the master's breast : ('T was then his threshold first rcceiv'da guest.) Slow, creaking...
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