Their rein-deer form their riches. These, their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare, and cheerful cups Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift... The Seasons - Page 144by James Thomson - 1826 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...ever-tortur'd maze Of pleasure, or ambition, bid it rage. Their rein-deer form their riches. These cheerfut cups. Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl... | |
| James Caughey - Methodist Church - 1844 - 344 pages
...attracted their attention. By their assistance we ascended the bank, and through a wild country— " Of hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled...snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust of ice-uubounded glaz'd:" We arrived at his father's house about nine o'clock at night. The motion of... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pages
...them. "Our poet Thompson has very justly remarked that — " Their reindeer form their riches ; these their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...cups : Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe 100 Yield to the sledge their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse... | |
| James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...ever-tortur'd maze Of pleasure, or ambition, bid it rage. 850 Their rein-deer for their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse 856 Of marbled snow, or far as eye can sweep With a blue... | |
| C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...beautifully described these uses in the following lines — Their rein-deer form their riches : these their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sledge their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heaped into one expanse Of marbled snow,... | |
| Wonders - Animals - 1847 - 444 pages
...being obliged, from want of space, to bring them to a close. The rein-deer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...wealth, Supply their wholesome fare, and cheerful caps ; Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift... | |
| Lapland - 1848 - 176 pages
...ever-tortur'd maze Of pleasure, or ambition, bid it rage. Their rein-deer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heaped into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust... | |
| Lapland - 1848 - 176 pages
...ever-tortur'd maze Of pleasure, or ambition, bid it rage. Their rein-deer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heaped into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust... | |
| James Thomson - 1849 - 524 pages
...maze Of pleasure or ambition bid it rage. 850 Their reindeer form tneir riches. These their tentt, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth...expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a bluo crust of ice unbounded glazed. By dancing meteors then, that ceaseless shake A waving blaze refracted... | |
| 1849 - 492 pages
...these animals. Thomson, in his " Seasons," thus notices them : " The reindeer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their...cheerful cups. Obsequious at their call, the docile trihe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse... | |
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