...Norman age in his fragment upon Yardley Oak, which was supposed to have existed before the Normans : " Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And...

...the following passages, as expressive of the vigor and inspiration of true poetic genius. Thou wnst a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jav, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The nuburn nut that held thee, swallowing down...

...the use of antiquated and vulgar phrases. The following are about the best lines which it contains. " Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thieviah jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin' d The auburn nut that held ihee, swallowing...

...he use of antiquated and vulgar phrases. The following are about the best lines which it contains. ' ifecl spectacles, burst upon the eye. Those heiehtf form a vast semicircle ; at thievkh Seekino; her food, wiih ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held ihee, swallowing...

...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And...

...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And...

...taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. -. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, n'hich babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Th" yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And...

...gloom Of thickeft fliades, like Adam after tafte Of fruit profcribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou waft a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play with; and the thievifh jay, Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing...

...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down 20 Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs,...

...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. I VOL. III. I'.f Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And...