 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 Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 391903Full view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 pages
...to the tie, grow negligent and cold. Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in mist, ihnt hung upon the fen ; Before him swallows, gathering for the sea, Took their short flights, nnd twitier'd on the 'c«; And near, the bean-sheaf stood, ihe harvest cone, And slowly blauken'd in... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1882 - 272 pages
...down the dale. On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, "With all its dark intensity of shade ; Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in...gathering for the sea, Took their short flights, and twitter'd on the lea ; And near, the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blacken'd in the... | |
 | University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1907 - 436 pages
...old, Lost to the 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... | |
 | 1889 - 570 pages
...of love When now the young are reared, 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...for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered o'er the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1890 - 504 pages
...of love When now the young are reared, 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...for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered o'er the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1890 - 492 pages
...of love When now the young are reared, 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...for the sea, Took their short flights and twittered o'er the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly... | |
 | 1895 - 416 pages
...blow, And the cold stream curled onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; Far to the left he saw the huts of men Half hid in...harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly sun. 272 SEPTEMBER I 8 God shield I should disturb devotion ! ROMEO AND JULIET IV. I. BEFORE leaving the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...love, When now the young are reared, and when the olflg Lost to the tie grow negligent and cold — Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in...the lea ? And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest donc; And slowly blackened in the sickly sun ; All these were sad in nature, or they took Sadness from... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 492 pages
...love, 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...gathering for the sea, Took their short flights, and twitter'd on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blacken'd in the... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1901 - 72 pages
...Autumn, that by Crabbe, at the end of Delay has Danger: — " He saw the wind upon the water blow ; Far to the left he saw the huts of men, Half hid in...harvest done, And slowly blackened in the sickly sun." There is only one epithet there which very definitely fixes the key of the passage, the epithet "sickly";... | |
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