 Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die. A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when held within their proper bounds And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field.  The poetical works of William Cowper - Pàgina 134per William Cowper - 1863 - 378 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose— th' alcovfe,' ' The chamber, or refectory — may die: A necessary...their pastime in the spacious field : There, they are privileg'd; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of nature's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pàgines
...perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose — th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory — may die : A...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are priviledg'd ; and he that hunts. Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pàgines
...perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileg'd ; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the reconomy of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pàgines
...to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs uo blame. Not so, when held within their proper bounds...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileg'd ; and he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of nature's... | |
 | 1805 - 622 pàgines
...neatness and repose, th'akove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. l4ot so, when held within their proper bounds, And guiltless...take their pastime in the spacious field; There they arc privileg'd ; anci he that hunts, Orliarms them there, isguilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pàgines
...loathsome to the sight, And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber,...Disturbs the economy of nature's realm, Who when she formed, designed them an abode. The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pàgines
...'BOOK VI. A necessary net incurs no bTame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guil;less of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime...Disturbs the economy of nature's realm, Who, when she formed^dssigncd them an abode. The sum is this. If man's convenirnce, health, Or safety, interfere,-... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pàgines
...with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes 570 Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileg'd; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pàgines
...perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose. ...th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory.. ..may die : A...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are priviledg'd ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of nature's... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pàgines
...visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refractory, may die. A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so,...their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileg'd. And he that hunts Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong ; Disturbs th' economy of nature's... | |
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