The feller's toil, which thou could'st ill requite. Yet is thy root sincere, sound as the rock, A quarry of stout spurs and knotted fangs, Which, crook'd into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubborn soil, and hold thee still erect. Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a ... - Página 218por William Cowper - 1841Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1804 - 572 páginas
...Thou temptest none, but rather much forbic'd'st The feller's toil, which thou couldst ill requite: Ytt is thy root sincere, sound as the rock, A quarry of...whimsies, clasp The stubborn soil, and hold thee still trcct. ' So stands a kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue and in wisdom lay'd, Though... | |
| 1808 - 844 páginas
...drink, Which it would give in rivulets to thy root; Thou tcmptest none, but rather much forbidd'st The feller's toil, which thou couldst ill requite...crook'd into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubborn toil, and hold thee still erect So stands a kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue and... | |
| 1808 - 436 páginas
...Thov( temptest none, but rather much forbidd'st The feller's toil, which thqu couldst ill requite i Yet is thy root sincere, sound as the rock, A quarry...into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubborn soil, a^id hold thee still erect. So stands a kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue and in wisdom... | |
| William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 páginas
...drink, Which jt would give in rivulets to thy root ; Thou temptest none, but rather ranch forbidd'stThe feller's toil, which thou couldst ill requite. Yet...kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue and HI wisdom laid, Though all the superstructure, by the tooth Pulveriz'd of venality, a shell Stands... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 528 páginas
...drink, Which it would give in rivulets to thy root, Thou temptest none, but rather much forbidd'sl The feller's toil, which thou couldst ill requite....clasp The stubborn soil, and hold thee still erect. Pulveriz'd of venality, a shell Stands now, and semblance only of itself! Thine arms have left thee.... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1816 - 514 páginas
...to thy root, Thou temptest none, hut rather much forbidd'st The feller's toil, which thou couldstill requite. Yet is thy root sincere, sound as the rock,...kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue and in \\isiiom laid, Though all the superstructure, by the tooth Puh erized of venality, a shell Stands now,... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 páginas
...their distortion, are easily adjusted to the angle formed where the deck and the ship's sides meet. Yet is thy root sincere, sound as the rock, A quarry of stoat spurs, and knotted fangs, Which, crook'd into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubborn soil, and... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 páginas
...for drink, Which it would give in rivulets to thy root, Thou temptest none, but rather much forbid'st The feller's toil, which thou could'st ill requite....A quarry of stout spurs, and knotted fangs, Which, crooked into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubborn soil, and hold thee still erect. » * * * •... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 páginas
...for drink Which it would give in rivulets to thy root, Thou temptest none, but rather much forhidd'st The feller's toil, which thou could'st ill requite....Which crook'd into a thousand whimsies, clasp The stubhorn soil, and hold thee still erect. So stands a kingdom, whose foundation yet Fails not, in virtue... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 páginas
...wars, reform the state ; A thousand knotty points they clear, Till supper and my wife appear. Prior. Yet is thy root sincere, sound as the rock, A quarry of stout spurs, and knotted fangs, Which, crooked into a thousand whimsies, cías > The stubborn soil, and hold thee still erect. Cowper. Yardlty... | |
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