...neighbouring poor: From thence a length 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,...

...poor: From thence a length 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,...

...the sterile 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,...

...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...

...neighbouring poor ; From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign...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...

...O'ercome by labour, and bow'd down by time, Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme ? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtles round...prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten warj There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil...

...O'ercome by labour, and bow'd down by time, Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme ? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtles round...blighted rye: There thistles stretch their prickly anns afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There...

...and eare defy, Beign o'er the land, and roh the hlighted rye: There thistles streteh their priekly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies nodding, moek the hope of toil; There the hlue hngloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, ahove the slender...

..." The Village " was copied in every touch from the scene of the poet's nativity and boyish days : " Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...the land and rob the blighted rye, There thistles spread their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infants threaten war." Here he grew up among the...

...Village" was copied, in every touch, from the scene of the Poet's nativity and boyish days : — " Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...the land, and rob the blighted rye ; There thistles spread their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infants threaten war." The " broad river," called...