 | Songs - 1833 - 142 Seiten
...thunder here; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost! While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry...strange But gay confusion ; roses for the cheeks, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Heaven, earth,... | |
 | 1834 - 506 Seiten
...meditations on the advertisements. I might mention more indeed ; but, as the poet says, ," Here oft appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion,...toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympic dews, Sermons and city feasts, and favourite... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 Seiten
...thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 Seiten
...which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us (here. With merry descanU on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But giy confusion ; roses for the cheeks, AnJ lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...toothless, ringlets for the bald ; Heaven, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their sweets; Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 Seiten
...thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and favourite... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 Seiten
...thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spiead the page, In which all comprehension wanders, lost; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plundered of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Permons, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; 75 While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry...the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, 60 Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, 1 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; 75 While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry...the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, 80 Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, 1 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl... | |
 | 1836 - 424 Seiten
...thunder here ; The forests of no-meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry...confusion — roses for the cheeks And lilies for the hrows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean plunder'd... | |
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Cataracts of declamation thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But... 
