 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1908 - 408 pages
...the rooted Forest, vex'd, and sheds What of its leafy Honours yet remains. 180 Thus, struggling thro' the dissipated Grove, The whirling Tempest raves along the Plain; And, on the Cottage thacht, or lordly Dome, Keen-fastening, shakes 'em to the solid Base. Sleep, frighted, flies; the hollow... | |
 | English philology - 1908 - 718 pages
...the rooted Forest, vex'd, and sheds What of its leafy Honours yet remains. 180 Thus, struggling thro' the dissipated Grove, The •whirling Tempest raves along the Plain; And, on the Cottage thacht, or lordly Dome, Keen-fastening, shakes 'em to the solid Base. Sleep, frighted, flies; the hollow... | |
 | George Carter Howland - English language - 1908 - 328 pages
...his island force? 'Tis pleasant to behold the wreaths of smoke Roll up among the maples of the hill. Thus struggling through the dissipated grove, The whirling tempest raves along the plain. I heard the ripple washing in the reeds. Talking is not always to converse. Reading new books is like... | |
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Dash'd down, and scatter'd, by the tearing wind's Assiduous fury, its gigantic limbs. Thus struggling through the dissipated grove, The whirling tempest raves along the plain ; And on the cottage thatch'd, or lordly roof, Keen-fastening, shakes them to... 
