 | William Cowper - 1891 - 204 pages
...flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds and leaves and sprigs And curly tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 656 pages
...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,...nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 304 pages
...plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 348 pages
...plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and loaves, and •Prigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flow's, that blow With most success when all besides dear. The poet's or historian's page by one... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and And curling tendrils, gracefull} dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flow'rs, that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page by one... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1898 - 330 pages
...plies its busy task, '5° The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The... | |
 | Andrew Jackson George - English literature - 1898 - 728 pages
...flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, 75 And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1900 - 634 pages
...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,...nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; 155 A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's... | |
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The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted... 
