 Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air...  Poems - Page 206by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 298 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field. There they are privileged; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she fbrm'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this:... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she formed, designed them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, 575 Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. 580 The sum is... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious iield. There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she furm'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field. There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1858 - 562 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she forrn'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1858 - 436 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offense, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field. There they are privileged; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy 6 of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. 4. The sum... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 436 pages
...proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this... | |
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