No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its... The Popular Educator - Page 7001855Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depi&ed flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd, pert proficient in the art 1^5 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle j)Hes its busy task, • 150 The pattern grows, the wetirdepifted flower, Wrought patiently into the... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powdered pert proficient in the art . : Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary streds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake:... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...stop short before these gates; NM powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assanlts these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gatesj No powder'd pen, proficient in e grave, great Taliessin, hear ; ' Cuuirli their own knell, while heedless of the sound The silent circle fan themselves, and quake ;... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short beiore these gates j No powdcr'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flow'r, "Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies it's busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary steeds. The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies it's busy task, 150 The pattern... | |
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