| James Thomson - 1826 - 438 pages
..., With Inoks of dumb despair; then, sad-dispers'd, Dig fur the withered herb through heaps of snow. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind ;...With food at will; lodge them below the storm , And wateh them strict: for from the bellowing east . In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps... | |
| James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...for the wither'd herb through heaps of snow. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind. Raffle the raging year, and fill their pens With food at...storm. And watch them strict; for from the bellowing ea«t. In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains At... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...sufficient skill and address to baffle all their arts, and sufficient power to defeat all their projects ; Now shepherds ! To your helpless charge be kind, Baffle...raging year, and fill their pens With food at will. THOMSON. ' He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being, that can defeat all his designs and... | |
| 1827 - 290 pages
...With looks of dumb despair ; then, sad dispers'd, Dig for the withered herb through heaps of snow. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind, Baffle...lodge them below the storm, And watch them strict. ••• . .. p. 167. How many drink the cup Of baleful<§rief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery.... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...roundly. Every abstruse problem, every intricate question, will not baffle, discourage, or break it. loan. Now shepherds', to your helpless charge be kind, Baffle...raging year, and fill their pens With food at will. Thoaam. BAG', va & n. A sack, pouch, or purse Either artificially constructed, or the work of nature.... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...shower. That from the hills disperse their dreadful store. And o'er the vales collected ruin pour. Prior. In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burthen of whole wintry plains At one wide waft, and o'er the hapless flocks, Hid in the hollow of two neighbouring hills. The biüowy... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...With looks of dumb despair ; then, sad dispersed, Dig for the wither'd herb through heaps of snow. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind. Baffle...dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains At one wide waft, and o'er the helpless flocks, Hid in the hollow of... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...earth, With looks of dumb despair; then, sad dispersed, Dig for the withcr'd herb through heaps of snow. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind, Baffle...dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains At one wide waft, and o'er the hapless flocks, Hid in the hollow Of two... | |
| 1831 - 1070 pages
...sweeping style of description which, we said above, characterised the genius of this sublime poet : — " From the bellowing east, In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains At one wide waft, and o'er the hapless flocks, Hid in the hollow of two... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...making and dealing in slaves, must inevitably draw after it even such a practice as this?' t> CHAP. XXI. Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind !...lodge them below the storm, And watch them strict. — The labonrer ox Stands cover'd o'er with snow, and now demands The fruit of all his toil. THOMSON.... | |
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