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Description of Nuneham-Courtenay, in the county of Oxford - Page 48
by Nuneham Courtenay - 1806 - 68 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 183

1848 - 744 pages
...complete; Her tree could shield her from the noontide blare, And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here, with her Colin, oft the faithful maid Had led...aged bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turn'd her wheel and sung. She felt her loss, yet felt It as she- ought, Nor dared 'gainst Nature's...
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Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of Oxford

Earl George Simon Harcourt Harcourt - 1806 - 90 pages
...cottage fland, When age had cloath'd the matron's head with fnow. To her, long us'd to Nature's fimple ways, This fingle fpot was happinefs complete; Her...felt her lofs ; yet felt it as fhe ought, Nor dar'd 'gainft Nature's general law exclaim ; But check'd her tears, and to her children taught That well...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...noon-tide blaze, And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here with her Colin oft the faithful maid I Had led the dance, the envious youths among : Here,...aged bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turn'd her wheel and sung. She felt her loss ; yet felt it as she ought, Nor dared 'gainst nature's...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...; Her tree could shield her from the noon-tide blaze, And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here with her Colin oft the faithful maid Had led...the dance, the envious youths among : Here, when his a^ed bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turn'd her wheel and sung. She felt her loss ; yet...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 17

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 662 pages
...shield her from the noon-tide blaze, And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here with her Collin oft the faithful maid Had led the dance, the envious...aged bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turn'd her wheel, and sung. She felt her loss; yet felt it as she ought, Nor dar'd 'gainst Nature's...
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The Doctor, &c. ...

Robert Southey - 1847 - 722 pages
...compleat; Her tree could shield her from the noontide blaze And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here with her Colin oft the faithful maid, Had led...were laid. The patient matron turned her wheel and sung. She felt her loss, yet felt it as she ought, Nor dared 'gainst Nature's general law exclaim,...
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The Doctor, &c. ...

Robert Southey - 1847 - 690 pages
...noontide blaze And from the tempest screen her little seat. 367 Here with her Colin oft the faithful mud. Had led the dance, the envious youths among, Here...were laid, The patient matron turned her wheel and sung. She felt her loss, yet lelt it as she ought, Nor dared 'gainst Nature's general law exclaim,...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...; Her tree could shield her from the noontide blaze, And from the tempest screen her little seat, " Here with her Colin oft the faithful maid Had led the dance, the envious youths among j Here, when his aged bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turned her wheel and sung. " She...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volumes 183-184

1848 - 820 pages
...complete ; Her tree could shield her from the noontide blaze, And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here, with her Colin, oft the faithful maid Had led the dance the cnviousyouths among, Here, when his aged bones in earth were laid, The patient matron turn'd her wheel...
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