...sterile corn-fields near the sea, gives to the bugloss a prominent place : — . " Rank weerU which every art and care defy Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; — Here poppies,...

...Crabbe has described the unpromising scene of his nativity with his usual force and correctness : — Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...warms the neighbouring poor; From thence a length of bunting sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and...

...the heath, with with'ring brake grown o'er, [poor ; Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring sed over to the Im ::\ч-, and from thence gradually, in the wither'd ears ; There thistles stretch their prickly arms afir, And to the ragged infant threaten war...

...the heath, with with'ring brake grown o'er, [poor ; Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring From thence a length of burning sand appears. Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; There thistles stretch their prickly arms afir, And to the ragged infant threaten war...

...! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er. Sends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears. Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...

...! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, Sends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor ; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; Bank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...

...the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, [poor ; Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Bank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye : There thistles...

...heath, with with' ring brake grown 0,'er, [poor ; Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring From thence a length of burning sand appears. Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; There thistles stretch their prickly arms afir, And to the ragged infant threaten war...

...with withering brake grown o'er, [poor ; Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring From thenee with a woman's neatness, breeding else Contagion, and disseminating death. Disch ; Eank weeds, that every art and eare defy, Heign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye : There thistles...

...Village was copied, in every touch, from the scene of the poet's nativity and boyish days : — ' Lo 1 where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...the land, and rob the blighted rye ; There thistles spread their prickly arms afar, And to the tagged infant threaten war.' "The broad river, called the...