Not higher than a two-years' child, It stands erect this aged thorn; No leaves it has, no thorny points; It is a mass of knotted joints, A wretched thing forlorn. It stands erect, and like a stone With lichens it is overgrown. Wild Flowers - Page 50by Anne Pratt - 1853Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 pages
...such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of maa ? THE THORN. I. There is a thorn; it looks so old, In truth you'd...grey. Not higher than a two-years' child, It stands ereft this aged thorn ; No kaves it has, no thorny points ; It is a mass of knotted joints, A wretched... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...chatter, chatter still. Now think, ye farmers all, I pray, Of Goody Blake and Harry Gill. 37 THE THORN. There is a thorn ; it looks so old, In truth you'd...young, It looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years' child It stands erecl: this aged thorn ; No leaves it has, no thorny points ; It is a mass... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...Goody Blaka and Harry Gill, 37 THE THORN. There is a thorn ; it looks so old, In truth you'd findlt hard to say, How it could ever have been young, It looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years' child It stands ere& this aged thorn ; No leaves it has, no thorny points ; It is a mass... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...plan, Have I not reason to lament What Man has made of Man? THE THORN. I. THERE Is a Thorn; it looks 50 old, In truth you'd find it hard to say, How it could...stands erect this aged Thorn; No leaves it has, no thorny points; kit is a mass of knotted joints, rA wretched thing forlorn. It stands erect, and like... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...was heard of more : but 'tis supposed, He lived and died among the savage men. THOR N. THE THOHN. I. There is a Thorn — it looks so old, In truth, you'd find it hard to say How it could ever have been youngIt looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years' child It stands erect, this aged Thorn... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...heard of more : but 'tis supposed, •He lived and died among the savage men. 31 THOR N. THE THE THORN. There is a Thorn — it looks so old, In truth, you'd find it hard to say How it could ever have been youngIt looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years' child It stands erect, this aged Thorn... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...heard of more : but 'tis supposed He lived and died among the savage men. THE THORN. THE THORN. I. There is a Thorn — it looks so old, In truth, you'd find it hard to say How it could ever have been youngIt looks so old and gray. Not higher than a two years' child It stands erect, this aged Thorn... | |
| Robert Hutchinson Rose - 1810 - 208 pages
...last!" Ib. p. 91. 5 I've measur'd it from side to side: 'Tis three feet long, and two feet wide. 6 There is a thorn, it looks so old, In truth you'd...it could ever have been young, It looks so old and gray. 7 The horse mov'd on, hoof after hoof. Vol. 2, p. 51. 8 But then he is a horse that thinks, And... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...and stay secure ; I'll think of the Leech-gatherer on the lonely moor." 34 XXVII. THE THORN. " THESE is a Thorn — it looks so old, In truth, you'd find...it could ever have been young, It looks so old and gray. Not higher than a two years' clfrild It stands erect, this aged Thorn ; No leaves it has, no... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...the Leech-gatherer on the lonely moor." XXVII. THE THORN. " THERE is a Thorn — it looks so old, c\ In truth, you'd find it hard to say How it could ever have been young, ^ It looks so old and gray. Not higher than a two years' child ^ It stands erect, this aged Thorn ; ^ No leaves it has, no... | |
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