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 Task: A Poem in Six Books - Página 110por William Cowper - 1811 - 212 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 páginas
...uninterupteu evening, know. No rattling wheels stop short before 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 busy task, The pattern grows, the... | |
| 1821 - 656 páginas
...their intrusion. 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 — This, however, is the abuse of the passion. In the country the indulgence of it is carried to a... | |
| 1821 - 658 páginas
...their intrusion. 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 — This, however, is the abuse of the passion. In the country the indulgence of it is carried to a... | |
| 1822 - 690 páginas
...their intrusion. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates, No powder'd, pi-.rt proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings— This, however, is the abuse of the passion. In the country the indulgence of it is carried to a very... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...uninterrupted evening, 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 flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 páginas
...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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 páginas
...uninterrupted evening, 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 flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves,... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 926 páginas
...true — ; " No powder'd pert, proficient in the art Of sounding tin alarm, would assault their doors; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while,...circle fan themselves, and quake ;" but here the needle " would ply its busy task," the poet's, or historian's page, by one be made vocal for the amusement... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 páginas
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before these gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 páginas
...know. No rattling wheels stop short before those gates ; No powder'd pert proficient in the art 145 Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the...and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its... | |
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