 ... is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding...  Odes and Epodes - Page 423by Horace - 1898 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ? Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon : There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! XX. Like au army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...is flowing ; The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter ;" " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill," brings the nursery before us, and almost prevents us from observing that the thoughts are really pleasing,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! i 5 Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon : There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon : There 's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 452 pages
...grazing, Their heads never raising, There are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill." " The plough-boy is whooping anon, anon," &c. &c. is in the same exquisite measure. This appears to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 440 pages
...grazing, Their heads never raising, There are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill." " The plough-boy is whooping anon, anon," &c. &c. is in the same exquisite measure. This appears to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 446 pages
...grazing, Their heads never raising, There are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill." " The plough-boy is whooping anon, anon," &c. &e. is in the same exquisite measure. This appears to... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...flowing; The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter;" and, " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill," brings the nursery before us, and almost prevents us from observing that the thougJds are really pleasing,... | |
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