And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves... A Flora of Shropshire - Página 401por William Allport Leighton - 1841 - 575 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Phillips - 1823 - 358 páginas
...tree, . Which learning near her little dome did stow; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple...woe; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, And as they look'd, they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view."... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...tree, Which learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now n Q7/ Q7/` 6/ grew, And shap'd it into rods, and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not, may conceive),... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 páginas
...tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stow ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple...low ; And, as they look'd, they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not may conceive) A... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 páginas
...Which Learning, near her little dome, did stowe ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple...wind might curl the leaves that blew But their limbs shuddered, and their pulse beat low ; And as they looked they found their horror grow, And shaped it... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...And work the simple vassals miekle woe ; For not a wind might eurl the leaves that blew, But then- ne, Or sent me with ten pounds to Furnival's inn, to some good rogue-attorney ; Where grew. And shap'd it into rods, and tingled at the view. So have I seen (who has not, may eoneeive,)... | |
| James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 páginas
...tree Which learning near her little dome did stowe; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple...mickle woe; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blow, But their limbs shudcler'd and their pulse beat low, And as they look'd they found their horror... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...tree, Which learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow ; And work the simple vassals mickle wo ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shudder'd, and their pulse beat... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals micklo phies of his shuddered, and their pulse beat low ; And as they looked, they found their horror grew, And shaped... | |
| 1830 - 634 páginas
...admirably describes the effect even of a glance of the " Birchen tree" upon UK juvenile culprits : " For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shuddered, and their pulse beat low; And as they looked they found I heir horror grow, And shaped it... | |
| 1831 - 426 páginas
...regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simpie vassals mickle wo ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But...beat low, And as they look'd they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view. IV. So have I seen (who has not may conceive)... | |
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