 There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd with fate, their elf-shot arrows fly, When the sick ewe her summer food foregoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie. Such airy beings awe th...  A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and ... - Page 108by John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Odes, English - 1791 - 172 pages
...By night they sip it round the cottage-door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes, There, ev'ry herd, by sad experience, knows ' How, wing'd with...Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie. Such airy beings awe th' untutor'd swain : Nor thou, tho' learn 'd, his homelier thoughts negleft;... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...By night they sip it round the cottage-door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, ev'ry herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd with Fate,...summer food foregoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the hcart-smit heifers lie. Such airy beings awe the untutor'd swain : Nor thou, tho' learn'd, his homelier... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...By night they sip it round the cottage-door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, ev'ry herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd with Fate, their elf-shot arrows fiy, When/the sick ewe her summer food foregoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie.... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...bowls allots; By night they sip it round the cottage door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd...Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie, Such airy beings awe t h" untutor'd swain : Let thy sweet muse the rural fail h sustain ; These are... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...bowls allots ; By night they sip it round the cottage door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd...Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie, Such airy beings awe th' untutor'd swain : Nor thou, though learn'd, his homelier thoughts neglect... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...bowls allots ; By night they sip it round the cottage door, "While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd with fate, their self-shot arrows fly; When the sick ewe her summer food foregoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, die heart... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...bowls aloti; By night they sip it round the cottage-dour, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, wing'd...elf-shot arrows fly, When the sick ewe her summer food forgoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit hcifrrs lio. Such airy beings awe th' untutor'd saain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...they sip it round the cottage-door, While airy minstrels warhle jocund notes. There, every herd, hy sad experience, knows How, wing'd with fate, their...elf-shot arrows fly. When the sick ewe her summer food forgoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie. Such airy heings awe th' untutor'd swain... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...door, While airy minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, winged with fate, their elf-shot arrows fly, When the sick ewe her summer food foregoes, Or, stretched on earth, the heart-smit heifers lie. Such airy beings awe th' untutored swain : Nor thou,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...While ain' minstrels warble jocund notes. There, every herd, by sad experience, knows How, win;<'d with fate, their elf-shot arrows fly. When the sick ewe her summer food forgoes, Or, stretch'd on earth, the neart-smit heifers lie. Such airy beings awe th' untutor'd swain... | |
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