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 - 1811 - 228 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...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, \nd... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...uninterrupted ev'ning, know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gate* ; 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 fiow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...uninterrupled ev'ning know. No ratthng wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...fan 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 - English poetry - 1817 - 248 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...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...uninterrupted evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short hefore these gates ; No powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its husy task, The pattern grows, the... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves and quake : But here the needle plies...Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 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...busy task, ! The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; VoL. II. 10 No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors...knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle tan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...the street rings ; no stationary steeds Congh their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, I tie silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flower, Wronght patiently into the snowy lawn, Uafolds its bosom; bnds, and leaves, and... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1821 - 246 pages
...rattling wheels stopt short before these gates . No powdered pert proficient in the art Vol.. II K Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the...needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flower. Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
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