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 rye : There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war... The Cornhill Magazine - Seite 465herausgegeben von - 1874Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 Seiten
...Library.' 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...Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weed-, that every art and care defy, Reijrn o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye : There thistles... | |
| Charles Knight - 1880 - 1246 Seiten
...slovenly cultivation had not called forth the resources of art to aid the churlishness of nature : "Lo! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light turf that warms the neigbouring poor, From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withcrM... | |
| Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 Seiten
...slovenly cultivation had not called forth the resources of art to aid the churlishness of nature : " Io! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light turf that warms the ncigbouring poor, From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 Seiten
...' 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 Lends the light tnrf that warms the neighbouring poor; • From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 632 Seiten
...shed?— Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower. Or glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted rye : There thistles... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 Seiten
...shed?— Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpowet Or glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears, i Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted rye : There thistles... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 Seiten
...'Lo! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears....withered ears Rank weeds that every art and care defy, Reigri o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar. And... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 Seiten
...'Lo! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears,...thin harvest waves its withered ears; Rank weeds that tfvery art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thistles stretch their... | |
| Edwin Francis Hatfield - 1884 - 744 Seiten
...was the place where he was trained. In his poem, " The Village," he alludes to it as follows : "Lo I where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor ; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered... | |
| Postal Microscopical Society - 1884 - 364 Seiten
...thistles shall it bring forth to thee," has clung to the earth throughout all ages. " Rank weeds, which every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade."... | |
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