| Great Britain - 1783 - 524 pages
...of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveit waves it's wither'd cars. Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thirties ftretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies, nodding,... | |
| 1783 - 424 pages
...of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveft waves it's wither d ears. Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thirties flrerch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; Th:re poppies, nodding,... | |
| Anne Pratt - Wild flowers - 1799 - 200 pages
...corn-fields near the sea, gives to the bugloss a prominent place : — " Rank weeds which every art and care defy Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; — Here poppies,... | |
| 1903 - 606 pages
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil. His native Suffolk, unlike the country of Scott or Wordsworth or Charlotte Bronte, is a region, like... | |
| 1808 - 556 pages
...length of burning fand appears, \Vhere the thin harveft waves its withered ears ; There thirties ftretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue buglofs paints the fterile foil ; Hardy and hiph, above the flmder flieaf, The (limy mallow waves her... | |
| English poetry - 1807 - 532 pages
...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears -r Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and bigh, above the slender sheaf. The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock... | |
| George Crabbe - Poetry, English - 1808 - 280 pages
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; c 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; e 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pages
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss points the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky... | |
| George Crabbe - Poetry, English - 1808 - 276 pages
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to theVagged infant threaten .war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss... | |
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