Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted rye : There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war... Poems - Pàgina 1per George Crabbe - 1899 - 405 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1783 - 524 pàgines
...in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. ' I/o ! where the heath,with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light turf that...neighbouring poor: From thence a length of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveit waves it's wither'd cars. Rank weeds, that every art and care... | |
| 1783 - 424 pàgines
...in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. ' Lo ! where the heath,with withering brake grown o'er, Lends the light turf that...neighbouring poor: From thence a length of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveft waves it's wither d ears. Rank weeds, that every art and care... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 pàgines
...the sterile corn-fields near the sea, gives to the bugloss a prominent place : — " Rank weeds which every art and care defy Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; — Here poppies,... | |
| 1903 - 606 pàgines
...and a country where Nature is bald and bare, with nothing sublime in it but the elements : — Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted... | |
| 1808 - 556 pàgines
...sort of barrenness which prevails along the sandy and thinly inhabited shores of the channel. • Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...neighbouring poor ; From thence a length of burning fand appears, \Vhere the thin harveft waves its withered ears ; There thirties ftretch their prickly... | |
| 1807 - 532 pàgines
...with withering brake grown o'ere Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor? From theni?ea length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears -r Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye : There... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 276 pàgines
...Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower, Or glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pàgines
...Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower, Or glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pàgines
...Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower, OK glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted... | |
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 306 pàgines
...Can their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower, Or glad with airy mirth the toilsome hour? Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring puor ; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears;... | |
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