 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 oldal
...to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost...When tempests could not. At thy firmest age, Thou hadat, within thy bole, solid contents, That might havoribb'd the sides and plank'd the deck Of some... | |
 | 1831 - 170 oldal
...numerous flock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe sheltered from the storm. Time was, when settl'ing on thy leaf, a fly Could...been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou liaclst within thy boll solid contents, That might have ribb'd the sides and plank'd the Of some flagg'd... | |
 | J. CLIFFORD (of Tunbridge Wells.) - 1834 - 206 oldal
...that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm. Time was, when settling on thy trunk a fly Could shake thee to the root ; and time has...tempests could not ! At thy firmest age Thou hadst within Ihy bole solid contents That might haveribb'd the sides and plank'd the deck Of some flang'd Admiral,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 oldal
...the bud. It will then be. seen that what Cowper said of his oak might be applied to most of them : Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could...root — and time has been When tempests could not. ALFRED THE GREAT. — When the early period in which he lived, and the disadvantages under which he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 oldal
...to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost...leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root — and time hai been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents, That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 oldal
...to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost...declension thence, Slow, into such magnificent decay. Could shake thee to the root — and time has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 oldal
...at the last, The rottenness which time is charg'd to inflict On other mighty ones found also thee. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could...root— and time has been When tempests could not.* * The late Samuel Whitbread, Esq. was an enthusiastic admirer of the poetry of Cowper, and solicitous... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 oldal
...at the last, The rottenness which time is charg'd to inflict On other mighty ones found also thee. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could...root — and time has been When tempests could not.* * The late Samuel Whithread, Esq. was an enthusiastic admirer of the poetry of Cowper, and solicitous... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 oldal
...at the last, The rottenness which time is charg'd to inflict On other mighty ones found also thee. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could...root — and time has been When tempests could not.* * The late Samuel Whithread, Esq. was an enthusiastic admirer of the poetry of Cowper, and solicitous... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 oldal
...to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matehless grandenr, and deelension thence, Slow, into such magnificent deeay. Time was, when, settling... | |
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Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such magnificent decay. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could... 
