 Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen all tranquillity and smiles.  Poems - Page 90by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...squeez'd And bor'd with elbow points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage: Wor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his...to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroick rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pnges happy work ! Which... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeez'd And bor'd with elbow-points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage : Nor his,...This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not e'en crities criticise ; that holds Inquisitive Attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence,... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...the overwhelming tide of emotion. If any one would know how much, let him, after patiently standing " till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed...the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage," read the same speech in the columns of a morning newspaper, or in the well concocted report of the... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1838 - 618 pages
...overwhelming tide of emotion. If any one would know how much, let him, after patiently standing " till hia feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage," read the same speech in the columns of a morning newspaper, or in the well concocted report of the... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage ; Nor his,...smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not ev'n critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...theatre, and squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, Out-scolds the ranting aetor on the stage. Nor his, who patient stands till his...smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not even erities eriticise, that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage : Nor his...smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not ev'n critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive Attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...squeez'd And bor'd with elbow points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage : 45 Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And...to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroick rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages happy work ! 60 Which... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...squeez'd And bor'd with elbow points through both his sides, Outscolds the ranting actor on the stage : 45 Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And...to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroick rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages happy work ! CO 7»... | |
 | Margaret Baron- Wilson - 1842 - 334 pages
...— wheel the sofa roun-l : *••.»•• This folio of four pages — happy work ! Which not even critics criticise — that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence." Cowper't Task. THERE is a mysterious beauty in the human countenance, which no combination of harmonious... | |
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