 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pagine
...become (Unless verse rescue thee awhile) a thing forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth !' r. 41 1 . ' Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root — and time has been When tempests could not." r. 413. We must now complete our copied sketch. ' Purity and tenderness of sentiment,' ' religious... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pagine
...unimpair'd, But, worn by frequent impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
 | 1808 - 844 pagine
...the cause Of their best tone, their dissolution owe. Thought cannot tpend itself, com paringst'ill, The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost...thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and twice ha"; been When tempests could not. At thy firmest, age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents,... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pagine
...best tone, their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, com paringstill, The great and iittle of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity, into a...thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and twice has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid contents,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pagine
...unimpair'd ; But, worn by frequent impulse, 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 426 From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pagine
...unimpair'd ; But, worn by frequent impulse, 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 426 From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pagine
...impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. .• iif* From almost nullity into a slate Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, ' Slow,...has been When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Tliou hadst within thy bole solid contents, That might have ribb'd the sides and plank' d the deck... | |
 | 1815 - 170 pagine
...numerous flock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe shthered from the storm. Time was, when sett'ling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root, and time has beeu When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thon badst within thy bole solid content!, That mighthave... | |
 | John Cole (bookseller.) - 1817 - 150 pagine
...numeflock That graz'd it, stood beneath that ample cope Uncrouded, yet safe sheltered from the storm. Time was, when settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake...root, and time has been When tempests could not." Coloured, 10s. 25 Port, of Mr. Abbott, as Colonel Mannering, Guy Mannering, 3d. 26 Miss Bolton, now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pagine
...unimpair'd; But, worn by frequent impulse, to the cause Of their best tone their dissolution owe. Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and...settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root—and time has been 'When tempests could not. At thy firmest age Thou hadst within thy bole solid... | |
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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... 
