 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. But here the needle plies its...  The Task: A Poem in Six Books - Page 110by William Cowper - 1811 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 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 - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...Cough their own knell, white, heedless of the sound, The silent circle faft themselves, and quake 3 But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted fiow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its blossom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gutes ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its blossom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn. Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates. No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depieted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn Unfolds its bosom, buds and leaves and sprigs... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 358 pages
...uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...these gates , No powder'd pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these door* Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...Country everywhere is fild With Ladies, and with Gentlewomen, skilil In this rare Art.'' TAYLOR. " For here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
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