 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
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 Seiten
...— 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, Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 Seiten
...glimpse of the unpromising scene of his nativity, is a specimen of his rough energy of description : *Lo! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends the light turf lhat warms the neighboring poor; Prom thence u length of burning sand appears Where the thin harvest... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1888 - 294 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, Lends the light turf that warms the neighb'ring poor ; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 428 Seiten
...scenery round his own home, Aldeburgh, on the coast, George Crabbe speaks in the following terms :— Lo, where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er—...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 rye... | |
 | James Logie Robertson - 1894 - 388 Seiten
...following description of the open commons and sterile farms near Aldborough will serve to show : — " Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...neighbouring poor ; From thence a length of burning sands appears Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care... | |
 | John Macmillan Brown - 1894 - 436 Seiten
...widely stray," as Virgil and his imitators did. He gives an often-quoted picture of the Suffolk coast, " Where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor," and " Poppies nodding mock the hope of toil." He describes the poverty-stricken village with its "... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 Seiten
...? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where Fancy, leads the way ? . . . Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...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... | |
 | Edna Chynoweth - 1897 - 292 Seiten
...opening lines of the Village. Lo where the earth, with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light fcnrfK that warms the neighbouring (poor; From thence a length...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither 'd ears; And weeds that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the bli^ited rye;... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 Seiten
...? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where Fancy, leads the way ? . . . Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; There thistles... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 492 Seiten
...From Picture by C. Stanjield, RA ALDBOROUGH „ „ 381 CRABBE'S POEMS SMUGGLERS AND LABOURERS J_jO ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...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... | |
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