| 1802 - 302 trang
...and thy throne 125 A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sun, A prisoner in the yet undawning east, 13ft Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 384 trang
...sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along it's slipp'ry way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the suu A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Short'ning his journey between morn and noon. And hurrying... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 248 trang
...sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slipp'ry way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st. And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold's! the sun A pris'ner in the yet undawning cast, Short'ning his journey between morn and noon,... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 trang
...sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and uOOn, And hurrying him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 trang
...sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slipp'ry way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the sui A pris'ner in the yet undawning east, Short'ning his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying... | |
| 1821 - 420 trang
...contrasted with the noisy bustle and continual variety of life. Yet I will say with the Poet,- " " O ! Winter, ruler of th" inverted year, I love thee, all...unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art." Indeed, to one of a melancholy though not discontented turn of mind, there is something not disagreeable,... | |
| 1821 - 410 trang
...contrasted with the noisy bustle and continual variety of life. Yet 1 will say with the Poet,— " O ! Winter, ruler of th' inverted year, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as tbou art." Indeed, to one of a melancholy though not discontented turn of mind, there is something... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 trang
...sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! Thou hold'st the stm A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 trang
...and thy throne, A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slippery way. 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art. — I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside amusements, home-born happiness, And all the comforts... | |
| 1822 - 492 trang
...and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urg'd by storms along its slippery way, 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art! — COWPER. WINTER is not, by the frivolous and the thoughtless, considered a period of pleasure ;... | |
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