Below a circling fence its leaves are seen, Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle, through their prickly round, Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. The Annual Anthology - Página 15editado por - 1800Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 páginas
...wound, But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. ' I love to view these things with curious eyes And...pleasant rhyme, Such as may profit in the after-time. ' So, tho' abroad perchance I might appear • Harsh and austere, To those who on my leisure would... | |
| 1800 - 614 páginas
...moralize ; Acd in the wifdom of the holly tree Can emblems C"e Wherewith perchauce to make a pleafant rhyme, ' Such as may profit in the after-time. IV. * So, tho' abroad perchance I might appear Har(h and äußere, To thofe who on my leifurc would intrude Refervcd and rude, Gentlt at home amid... | |
| Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 páginas
...circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle thro' their prickly round I love to view these things with curious eyes And...pleasant rhyme, Such as may profit in the after-time. So, tho' abroad perchance I might appear Harsh and austere, To those who on my leisure would intrude... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 páginas
...quantity of indifferent matter which he turns out every year, " prosing or versing," with equally I lore to view these things with curious eyes, And moralize;...to make a pleasant rhyme, Such as may profit in the after time. So, though abroad perchance I might appear Harsh and austere, To those who on my leisure... | |
| 664 páginas
...wound ; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth aiid uuann'd the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes, And...pleasant rhyme, Such as may profit in the after-time. So, tho' abroad perchance I might appear Harsh and austere, To those who on my leisure would intrude,... | |
| 1821 - 702 páginas
...fear. Smooth and luiarui'd the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with carious ejes, And moralize ; And, in the wisdom of the Holly Tree,...see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, Snch as may profit in the after-time. So, tho' abroad perchance I might appear Harsh and austere, To... | |
| 1830 - 492 páginas
...to wound; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes, And moralize : And in this wisdom of the Holly-Tree Can emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| Robert Southey - 1823 - 258 páginas
...wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes, And moralize : And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree Can emblems see . Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 páginas
...wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unanned the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes And moralize : And in this wisdom of the holly-tree Can emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 páginas
...wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes, And moralize: And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree Can emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
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