 | Samuel Willard - Elocution - 1830 - 206 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,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair.' — Cowper. ' Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid ; where collected... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; i A wreath, that cannot fade, of flow'rs, that blow... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...lawn, Unfolds it's bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs. And curling tendrils, gracefully 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 - 1832 - 602 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, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, £ 'talow the nimble finger of the fair ; ' . A wreath that can not fade, of flowers, that blow With... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - Fashion - 1832 - 546 pages
...pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its hosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble fingers of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, flow'rs that blow With most success when all besides... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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 - English poetry - 1835 - 512 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 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 - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted fiow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble fincer of the fair; A wreath, that cannot ja-le, or flow'rs that blow With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn And curling tendrils, 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... 
