 No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake.  The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Page 103by William Cowper - 1810 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powdered pert profieient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...street rings; no stationary steeds Cough their own knc'.l, while heedless of the sound, The silent cirele fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...long uninterrupted evening, know. 5. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates , No powdered pert, proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm,...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom : buds, and leaves,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...Of long, uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1852 - 466 pages
...Of long uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless ci the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates , No powder'd pert profieient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 pages
...Of long uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, iso And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, 154 Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 460 pages
...Of long uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults...and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, iso And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, 154 Follow the nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder d pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn Unfolds its bosom,... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder' d pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn Unfolds its bosom,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder'd pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake j But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought... | |
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