 | 1804 - 572 Seiten
...fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled ! ' Thou wert a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent-tree,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 Seiten
...and in decay, is strikingly painted : ' Thou wast a bauble once 5 a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all .thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decretd : autumnal rains. Beneath thy parent-tree,... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1805 - 696 Seiten
...held thee, fwallowing down Thy yet clofe-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vaftnefs, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent-tree, mellow'd the foil Defign'd thy cradle ; and a flapping deer, With pointed hoof dibbling the glebe, prepar'd The... | |
 | 1805 - 762 Seiten
...held thee, fwallowing down 1 by jet cleft-folded latitude of boughs, And And all thy embryo vaftnefs, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains. Beneath thy parent-tree, mfllow'd the foil Defign'd thy cradle, and a (kipping deer, With pointed hoof dibbling the glebe, prepar'd... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 Seiten
...fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 Seiten
...fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree... | |
 | 1808 - 436 Seiten
...babes might play with i and Uie thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease »igW *»** purloin'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down „ Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gul;i. But fate thy growth decreed: autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent tree,... | |
 | 1808 - 844 Seiten
...tastt Of prosci-ib'd, as to arefugc fled ! Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have, purloin 'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close -folded latitude of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 Seiten
...fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulph. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 Seiten
...fruit progcrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food,...might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vasthess at a gulp. But... | |
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The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. 
