 | 1804 - 572 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled ! ' Thou wert a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...boughs, And all thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent-tree, mellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | 1804 - 538 pages
...a_ntiquated,jjid vulgar phrafes. The following are about the bcft lines which it cotttains: ' Thou waft a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievifh Jay Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloiii'd Hie auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...Yardley Chase, in his state of embryo, and in decay, is strikingly painted : ' Thou wast a bauble once 5 a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...boughs, And all .thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decretd : autumnal rains. Beneath thy parent-tree, mellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1805 - 692 pages
...BECATED OAK. J)lfeovered by Mr. Haylry among fame laofi papat found in tie fcet'i ßuJy. « THOU waft a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with, ; and the thieviili jay Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes...of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes...of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 844 pages
...gloomy,- into gtoom Of thickest shades, like Adam, after tastt Of prosci-ib'd, as to arefugc fled ! Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have, purloin 'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close -folded latitude of... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 436 pages
...babes might play with i and Uie thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease »igW *»** purloin'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down „...latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gul;i. But fate thy growth decreed: autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent tree, mellow'd the soil, Desigu'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes...latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulph. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...gloomy, into gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit progcrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes...might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vasthess at a gulp. But... | |
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The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. 
