 The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteemed, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon ; And yet more medicinal is...  Homer: The Odyssey - Page 75by William Lucas Collins - 1870 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out: 630 The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright...golden flower, but not in this soil: Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon; And yet more med'cinal is it... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...xxiii. 15, " All of them princes to look to." TODD. The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But ia another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : 635 And yet more med'cinal... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright...golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...root, But of divine effect, he cnll'd me oat ; d •» The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright...golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the duilswain Treads on ft daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is it... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it. But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright...golden flower, but not in this soil: Unknown, and like esttem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...under the inspection of the ingenious Mr. Fenton. ' The leaf was darkish and had prickles on it, ' But in another country, as he said, ' Bore a bright...golden flower, but not in this soil; ' Unknown and ii/ce esteem'd.' I have often observed that where the sense ij injured, the metre frequently shares... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...third of these lines. I read the whole thus, — ' The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, • But in another country, as he said, « Bore a bright golden flower, but in this soil 4 Unknown and light esteein'd.' To avoid the^ repetition of the particle liut, though... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...the third of these lines. I read the whole thus, ' The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, ' But in another country, as he said, - ' Bore a bright golden flower, but in this soil ' Unknown and light esteem'd.' To avoid the repetition of the particle but, though might... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden Oow'r, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteemed,...dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : 6& And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave; He call'd it... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...country, as he said, 6"5O Bore a bright golden flow'r but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon ; And yet more med'einal is it than that Moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave : 655 He call'd it Haemony, and... | |
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