 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 Seiten
...bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain brook. Vain is her best precaution ; though she sits iio Conceal'd, with folded ears ; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 Seiten
...the Sun, Concoctivc ; and 'the nodding sandy bank. Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain brookVain is the minister Of law, his people into Canaan lead...whom the Gentiles Jesus call. His name and office horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1877 - 378 Seiten
...derives its name. You know the pretty lines that tell of the chase of the poor innocent animal : — " Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare, Yet vain...Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By nature raised to take the horizon in, And head conceal'd betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The... | |
 | 1896 - 532 Seiten
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution ; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 Seiten
...some lone seat Eetir'd, the rushy fen, the ragged furze, Stretch'd o'er the stony heath. . . . Vain is her best precaution, though she sits Conceal'd, with...ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in, And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew Betrays... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 Seiten
...some lone seat Retir'd, the rushy fen, the ragged furze, Stretch'd o'er the stony heath. . . . Vain is her best precaution, though she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, By Nature rols'd to take th' horizon in, And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1908 - 408 Seiten
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th'horizon in; 410 And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented... | |
 | 1908 - 718 Seiten
...the nodding sandy bank, Hung o'er the mazes of the mountain-brook. Vain is her best precaution; tho' she sits Conceal'd, with folded ears; unsleeping eyes, By Nature rais'd to take th'horizon in; 4-0 And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented... | |
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Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew Betrays her early labyrinth ; and deep, In scatter'd sullen openings, far behind, With every breeze she hears the coming storm;... 
