 As the young olive, in some sylvan scene, Crown'd by fresh fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head, in snowy flowrets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air; When lo ! a whirlwind from high heaven invades The tender plant, and...  The Microcosm: A Periodical Work - Page 154edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Homerus - 1720 - 284 pages
...frefli fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head, in fnowy flourets fair, 60 And plays and dances to the gentle air ; When lo ' a whirlwind from high...heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all its (hades ; Jt lies uprooted from its genial hed, A lovely ruin, now defac'd and dead. v. 55. Ivjlarr'J... | |
 | Homerus - 1756 - 246 pages
...~ tiquity, Lifts the gay head, in fnowy flow'rets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air ; 60 When lo ! a whirlwind from high heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all its fhades; It lies up-rooted from its genial bed, A lovely rain now defac'd and dead. Thus young, thus... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1760 - 314 pages
...which he fet Lifts the gay head, in fnowy flow'rets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air ; 60 When lo ! a whirlwind from high heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all its fhades ; It lies uprooted from its genial bed, A lovely ruin now defac'd and dead. Thus young, thus... | |
 | Homerus, William Holwell - 1776 - 392 pages
...frefh fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head, in fnowy flow'rets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air : When lo ! a whirlwind from high...heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all its fhades ; It lies uprooted from its genial bed, A lovely ruin now defac'd and dead. Thus young, thus... | |
 | Gregory Griffin - Microcosm amd macrocosm - 1787 - 480 pages
...frejh fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head, in fnowy fowrets fairt And plays and dances to the gentle air; When lo! a whirlwind from high heav'n invades "fhe tender plant, and wither sail itsjhades ; It lies uprooted in its genial bed, A lovely ruin, now... | |
 | Gregory Griffin - 1793 - 266 pages
...air ; When lo ] a whirlwind from high heav'n imiadtt The tender plant, and withers all itsjhades ; It lies uprooted in its genial bed, A lovely ruin, now defac'd and dead. POPS. {T is an oKervation /ounded on a general furvey of mankind, and which I am afraid a clofer infpec__... | |
 | George Canning - 1793 - 270 pages
...eternal grten, Lifts the gay head, infnowyflowretsfair, And plays and dances to the gentle air ; When h ! a whirlwind from high heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all itsjhadts; It lies unrooted in its genial bed, A lovely ruin, now defac'danddeadl POPE. is an obfervation... | |
 | Homer - 1796 - 372 pages
...60,] More agreeably to the purport of his author, thus : , • And waves it's verdure to the foftering air. * When lo! a whirlwind from high heav'n invades The tender plant, and withers all its fhades ; It lies uprooted from its genial bed, A lovely ruin now defac'd and dead. Thus young, thus... | |
 | Slave trade - 1805 - 378 pages
...fresh fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head, in snowy flow'rets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air ; When lo ! a whirlwind from high...plant, and withers all its shades ; It lies uprooted from its genial bed, A lovely ruin, now dcfac'd and dead. Thus young, thus beautiful, brave LAMBERT... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...fresh fountains with eternal green, Lifts the gay head in snowy flow' rets fair, And plays and dances to the gentle air, When lo a whirlwind from high heav'n...plant, and withers all its shades ; It lies uprooted from its genial bed, • • . A lovely ruin, now defaced and dead. POPE'S HOMEIt. • A WISH. MINE... | |
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