 THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth and are With constant drinking fresh and fair...  Select Works - Page 115by Abraham Cowley - 1772Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...nothing crave, Let me alive my Pleasures have; AH are Stpicks in the Grave. Cowl. The thirfty Earth foaks up the Rain, And drinks, and gapes for Drink again. The Plants fuck in the Earth, and are By conftant Drinking, freih and fair : The Sea it ft: If, which one would think Should have but little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 378 pages
...numbers, mighty things ! Love tunes my heart juA to my firings. II. DRINKING. THE thirfty earth foaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants fuck-in the earth, and are With conftant drinking frefh and fair; The fea itfelf (which one would think... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...drinks up the rain, And thirfts, and gapes for drink again; The plants fct in the earth, they are By conftant drinking frefh and fair.' The fea itfelf,...which, one would think. Should have but little need to drink, Drinks many athoufand rivers up, •Into his overflowing cup. The bufy fun (and one would... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...mighty things ! Love tunes my heart jufl to my firings. 1 I I II. DRINKING. THE thirfty earth fbaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants fuck-in the earth, and are With conftant drinking frefh and fair; The fea itfelf (which one would think... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...numbers, mighty things ; Love tunes my heart juft to my firings. II. DrixUng. Tm thirfty earth foak» up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again....and are With conftant drinking frefh and fair. The fca itfelf, which one would think Should have bat little need of drink, Prinks ten thoufand rivers... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...could reach the condensation and beauty of the Greek, just seven lines?* " The thirsty earth drinks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again. The plants suck iu the earth, and are By constant drinking fresh and fair : The sea itself, which one should think... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...numbers, mighty things ! Love tunes my heart just to my strings. . II*. DRINKING. THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again* The plants suck-in the earth, and are* r>;. With constant drinking fresh and fair j The sea itself (which one... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...numbers, mighty things I Love tunes my heart just to my strings. DRINKING. THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck-in the earth, and are 'With constant drinking fresh and fair ; The sea itself (which one would... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...again. The plants suck-in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair ; ' .< The sea itself (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1819 - 368 pages
...and inexhaustible feeling of delight. Here are some of them : — DRINKING. " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think... | |
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