 | William Cowper - 1786 - Liczba stron: 756
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion, rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweet?p Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - Liczba stron: 230
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange. But gay confufion, rofei for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fvverts, * Ne&areous efiehces, Olympian dews, Sermons,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - Liczba stron: 346
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufiojt; rofes for the cheeks. And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heay'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of thetr fweets, ireous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - Liczba stron: 376
...merry defcants on a nation's woes.. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous efifences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - Liczba stron: 300
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reff appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion ; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - Liczba stron: 510
...dcfcants on a nation's \\ocs. The reft appears a wildernefs of dränge But gay confufion — rofes for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Hcav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their Necbreous cfTenccs,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - Liczba stron: 384
...merry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of ftrange But gay confufion; rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Liczba stron: 438
...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...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Liczba stron: 364
...meiry defcants on a nation's woes. The reft appears a wildernefs of llrange But gay confufiora ', rofes for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothlefs, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their fweets, Nectareous eflences,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - Liczba stron: 280
...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...age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heav'n, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympian dews, Sermons, and... | |
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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... 
