 Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden...  Poems - Page 44by William Cowper - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd 210 With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flow'r, for warmer France With all her vines : nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd 210 With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flow'r, for warmer France With all her vines : nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her... | |
 | Christopher Legge Lordan - English poetry - 1843 - 224 pages
...pictures — " Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or witherM by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies,...flower, for warmer France With all her vines, nor for Ansonia's groves Of golden fruitage and her myrtle bowers." Now in the creed of one at least (and of... | |
 | Christopher Legge Lordan - 1844 - 290 pages
...pictures ,« Thougb thy c]ime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies...groves Of golden fruitage and her myrtle bowers." Now in the creed of one at least (and of the least) of his compatriots, of few pleasanter sensations... | |
 | Christopher Legge Lordan - English poetry - 1844 - 296 pages
...pictures— ., T|lough tny c]ime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies...groves Of golden fruitage and her myrtle bowers." Now in the creed of one at least (and of the least) of his compatriots, of few pleasanter sensations... | |
 | Philip (Grandfather.) - Belgium - 1844 - 156 pages
...should be inclined to say heartily, with the good and amiable poet Cowper, in his address to England, '' I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies " And fields...a flower, for warmer France " With all her vines." — And if the French do surpass the English in some respects they are far behind them in many others.... | |
 | Christopher Legge Lordan - English poetry - 1844 - 294 pages
...pictures— „ 'Tbough thy c]ime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies And fields without a flower, for warmer Prance With all her vines, nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage and her myrtle bowers." Now... | |
 | Maria Fox - Quaker women - 1846 - 518 pages
...breathed. I dearly love my native country, and think I am, in some degree, prepared to say, with Cowper, " I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields...without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines :"— because we have many rich blessings and privileges, to set against the comparative disadvantages... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1847 - 876 pages
...still ! Although thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmrr France With all hcr vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Or golden fruitage, and her Myrtle bowers."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...manners may be f'uncf, Shall be constrain' d to love thee. Though thy With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flow'r, for warmer France With all her vines: nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her... | |
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