 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes...jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The-auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil i Designed thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of hougbs And all thine embryo rastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath... | |
 | 710 pagina’s
...might with reverence kneel and worship thee. Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes miaht play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have pqrloin'd The auburn uut that held thee, swallowing duwn Thy yet close fo^ed latitude of boughi And... | |
 | 1816 - 420 pagina’s
...age And, yet, this veteran of the forest, which had braved the inclemency of so many winters, was but a bauble once, a. cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and tlie thievish jay, Seeking her food, witb case might have purloined The auburn nut, that held thee,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pagina’s
...gloomy, into glo»m. Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes...of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree niellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom. Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste OHruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of bonghs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 400 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of 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 jayi Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pagina’s
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of 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 Ja7, Seeking her food, with ease might have parloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down... | |
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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. 
