 ... afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock...  The works of George Crabbe - Page 5by George Crabbe - 1816Full view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - 1812 - 190 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...around, So looks the Nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Betray 'd by Man, then left for Man to scorn; Whose cheek in vain assumes the mimic rose, While her... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 430 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around. Here joyless roam a wild amphibious race, With sullen woe display'd in every face ; Who, far from civil... | |
 | 1834 - 424 pages
...waves her silky leaf. O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around." We find in this edition many poems that have never before been published, at least in the metropolis.... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shir the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares, clings round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around." It is on this ungrateful soil that Crabbe looks for the simple charms of the pastoral life ; but he... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 540 pages
...waves her silky leaf ; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade With mingled tints the rocky coasts...around. So looks the nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Hctray'd by man, then left for man to scorn ; Whose cheek in vain assumes the mimic rose, While her... | |
 | 1842 - 414 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the sharlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound, And a sad splendor vainly shines around. Here joyless roam a wild, amphibious race, With sullen woe displayed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And claiping tares cling round the sickly bl.iJu ; ark wood be lightened with the splendour of thy steel....The song shall preserve thy name. Future times shall Betrayed by man, then left for man to scorn ; Whose cheek in vain assumes the mimic rose, While her... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...abound, Ami a sad splendour vainly shiücn around. So luoke the nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Betrayed e : not so thou ; Unchangeable save assumée the mimic rose, While her sad eyes the troubled breast disclose ; Whose outward splendour... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...around. So looks the nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Betrayed by man, then left for man to scorn ; Whose cheek in vain assumes the mimic rose, While her... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the rocky coasts...abound. And a sad splendour vainly shines around. CBABBE. A REMONSTRANCE, ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND WHO COMPLAINED OF BEING ALONE IN THE WORLD. OH ! say... | |
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