When now the young are rear'd, and when the old, Lost to the tie, grow negligent and cold— Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for the sea, Took their short flights, and... The works of ... George Crabbe - Page 192by George Crabbe - 1820Full view - About this book
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...tie grow negligent and cold — Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pages
...tie grow negligent and cold — Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 pages
...tie grow negligent and cold— Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 pages
...hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly sun ; All these were sad in nature, or they took Sadness from time, the likeness... | |
| George Crabbe - 1882 - 272 pages
...all its dark intensity of shade ; Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for...from him, the likeness of his look, And of his mind — he ponder'd for a while, Then met his Fanny with a borrow'd smile. Five years had pass'd, and what... | |
| George Crabbe - 1883 - 268 pages
...all its dark intensity of shade ; Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for...Sadness from him, the likeness of his look, And of his mind—he ponder'd for a while, Then met his Fanny with a borrow'd smile. Five years had pass'd, and... | |
| Thomas Edward Kebbel - 1888 - 184 pages
...the son and grandson of Crabbe. Far to the left he saw the tents of men, Half hid in mist that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for...short flights, and twitter'd on the lea ; And near the bean sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly sun ; All these were sad in... | |
| T.E. Kebbel, M.A. - 1888 - 188 pages
...the son and grandson of Crabbe. Far to the left he saw the tents of men, Half hid in mist that hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for...Took their short flights, and twitter'd on the lea y And near the bean sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly sun ; All these... | |
| University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1907 - 436 pages
...tie, grow negligent and cold — Far to the left he saw the haunts of men, Half-hid in mist, that hung upon the fen; Before him swallows, gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and gathered on the lea; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1889 - 524 pages
...the tie, grow negligent and cold': Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist that hung upon the fen : Before him swallows gathering for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered o'er the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, •? j W'*1 ' And slowly... | |
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