 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pagine
...sees, And many a tomb, like Hamilton's, aloud Exclaims, " Prepare thee for an early shroud!" EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's hallo', Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds confin'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pagine
...being craz'd or blind, Or seeking with a bias'd mind, Have not, it seems, discern'd it. EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor e'er heard huntsman's hallo'. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pagine
...•'.-: '. .< : ' '!.• -••> '•/ ..' -.\ VOL. Jl. ''•>•»< '»-N: i • '.'., • EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew. Nor e'er heard hunttman's hallo', Old Tiney, surliest of his kind. Who, nursed with tender care, And ta... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pagine
...deserve the name, Who only live to prove Foi: what poor toys they can disdain* An endless life above ? Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with...And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pagine
...And many a tutnh, like HAMILTON'S, alond Exclaims, " Prepare thee for an early shroud." -T EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's hallo'. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic hounds confin'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pagine
...And many a tomb, like HAMILTON'S, aloud Exclaims, " Prepare thee for an early shroud." 10 EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...huntsman's halloo, Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds confin'd, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 696 pagine
...age, and apparently without pain. The underwritten Epitaph on Tiney was by bis Old Master Us UK lii>s, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor e'er heard huntman's hallo', Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pagine
...And many a tomb, like HAMILTON'S, aloud Exclaims, *'- Vrepare thee for an early shroud." EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's hallo'. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds confin'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pagine
...Nor swifter greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor e'er heard huntsman's hallo'. Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic hounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pagine
...you. ' Yes,' the indignant shade of Fop replies — ' And worn with vain pursuit Man also dies.' ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor...And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. \ Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look,... | |
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Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs... 
