 Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the...  More Pages from the Day-book of Bethia Hardacre - Page 31by Ella Fuller Maitland - 1907 - 249 pagesFull view - About this book
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...cyprefs funeral. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage: the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
 | Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 352 pages
...Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty Conquerors, And Poets Sage : the Fir that weepeth ftill, The Willow, worn of forlorn Paramours, The Yeugh, obedient to the Bender's Will, The Birch for... | |
 | Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 696 pages
...Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty Conquerors, And Poets Sage : the Fir that weepeth ft ill, The Willow, worn of forlorn Paramours, The Yeugh, obedient to the Bender's Will, The Birch... | |
 | Homer - 1796 - 380 pages
...hurls her oaks The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage : the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors. And poets sage;...The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for bhafts, the sallow for the mil! ; The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 304 pages
...knight lost Truth, B. 1 Cant. 1. Stan. 8,9' The sailing- pine, the cedar proud and tall, ' The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, ' The builder oak, sole king of forests all, ' The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9 ' The laurel meed of mighty conquerors, ' And poets... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...the trees so straight and high. The sailing Pine ; the Cedar, proud and tall ; The vine-prop Elm j the Poplar, never dry ; The builder Oak, sole king of forests all ; The Aspin, good for staves : the Cypres, funereal ; The Laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...they praise the tree« so straight and high, The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tau, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all. The aspen good for stares, the cypress funeral, -f* Coleridge, •f Most people have felt the ennui of being detained... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 252 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all. The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. > 9. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets sage...paramours. The yew obedient to the bender's will, Tlu' birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill: The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. " The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets sage; the fir that weepetb still, The willow worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch... | |
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