 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 pages
...his reft by night. \ /»> .1 .7i DRYDEN'S VIRGIL. 'Twas then that buffalo's, ill pair'd, were feen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring fwain Scratch'd with a rake a furrow for his grain : And cover'd with his hand... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...his reft by night, I 'Twa» in .i ain : L ed aain. J 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill pair'd, were fecn To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen; and the labouring fwain Scratch'd with a rake a furrow for his grain : And cover'd with his hand the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 pages
...affright; His pains by day fccur'd his reft by night. "Twas tKen that buffaloes, ill-pair'd, were feen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring fwain Scratch'd with a rake a furrow for hi; grairt : And cover'd with his hand... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 pages
...affright ; His pains by day fecur'd his reft by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill-pair'd, were feen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring fwain Scratch 'd with a rake a furrow for his grain : And cover'd with his hand... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...him with affright; His pains by day secured his rest by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill paired, were seen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring swain -\ Scratched, with a rake, a furrow for his grain, And covered with his hand... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...with affright ; His pains by day secured his rest by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill paired, were seen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring swain > Scratched, with a rake, a furrow for his grain, \ And covered with his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...with aflVight ; His pains by day secur'd his rest by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill pair'd, were seen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring swain Sciatch'd with a rake a furrow for his grain : And cover'd with his hand... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...affright ; His pains by day secur'd his rest by night. Twas then that buffaloes, ill pair'd, were »ея To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring swain Sciatch'd with a rake a furrow fnr his grain : And covcrM with his hand the... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...with affright : His pains by day secur'd his rest by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill pair'd, were seen To draw the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the lab'ring swain {Scratch'd, with a rake, a furrow for his grain, And cover'd with his hand... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...running flood : No dreadful dreams awaked him with affright ; His pains by day secured his rest by night. 'Twas then that buffaloes, ill-pair'd, were seen To...the car of Jove's imperial queen, For want of oxen ; and the labouring swain •) Scratch'd, with a rake, a furrow for his grain, V And cover'd with his... | |
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And covered with his hand the shallow seed again. ) He yokes himself, and up the hilly height, With his own shoulders, draws the waggon's weight. The nightly wolf) that round the... 
