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" HAIL, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food, Pay with their grateful voice. "
The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse - Page 135
by Abraham Cowley - 1809
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...CCOWLEY.J I. HAIL, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay with their grateful voice, n. Hail, the poor muses' richest manor seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...SOLITUDE. HAIL, old patrician trees, so great and good I Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...retreat, Which all the happy gods so love, That for >ou oft they quit their bright and great Metropolis above. Here Nature does a house for me erect, Nature,...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...umbra.* I. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail ye plebeian underwood I Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. * Virg. Georg. ii. 489. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor seat t Ye country houses and retreat,...
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The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral ..., Volumes 1-2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 pages
...the importunities of company or business, which would abstract him from his beloved. Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests, and plenteous...their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses' richest manor seat! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy Gods so love, That for you oft they...
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The British Prose Writers...: Cowley's essays. Shenstone's essays

1821 - 424 pages
...umbri?"* Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...voice. Hail, the poor Muses' richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, . Which all the happy gods so love, That for you oft they quit their bright...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...umbra ? Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Here let me, careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds, above me flying, With all their...
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Prose Works of Abraham Cowley ; Including His Essays in Prose and Verse

Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 296 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods...
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Prose Works of Abraham Cowley ; Including His Essays in Prose and Verse

Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods...
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Prose works

Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...SOLITUDK. II AH., old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...food Pay with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muse's richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods so love, That for...
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