 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...antiquated and vulgar phrases. The following are about the best lines which it contains. " Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thieviah jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin' d The auburn nut that held ihee, swallowing... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...antiquated and vulgar phrases. The following are about the best lines which it contains. ' Thou wast tacles, burst upon the eye. Those heiehtf form a vast semicircle ; at thievkh Seekino; her food, wiih ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held ihee, swallowing... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...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 might...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. -. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, n'hich babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Th" yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...gloom Of thickeft fliades, like Adam after tafte Of fruit profcribed, as to a refuge, fled. 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 purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. I VOL. III. I'.f Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The Auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 488 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down 20 Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking he/ food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowmg down MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 355 Thy yet close-folded... | |
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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. 
