...place, is now in a state of dilapidation ; and was particularly reminded of him in passing over the bridge, ' That with its wearisome, but needful length, Bestrides the wintry flood ;' ' the wintry flood' was then indeed there. We returned in the afternoon to Newport Pagnel. My mind...

...till the fields and bridge and village are covered. The " twanging horn ' is heard ; and the postboy "comes, the herald of a noisy world, with spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks." Day darkens into eve : — Now etir the fire and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel...

...empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. THE WINTER EVENING. Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks j News from all nations lumbering at his hack : True to his charge, the close packed load behind, Yet...

...farmer's daughter, what she was. What she is. The simplicity of country manners almost lost. HARK ! 't is the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge That with its...reflected bright ; He comes, the herald of a noisy world, 5 With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks, News from all nations lumbering at his back....

...corporate. — The love of rural objects natural to all* and never to be totally extinguished. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ; — He conies, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks; News from...

...editions of Cowper's Task, the opening lines of the 4th book are punctuated as follows : — " Hork I 'tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, (That...reflected bright,) He comes, the herald of a noisy world," &c. In modern editions, I believe universally, we find the following corruption of the passage : —...

...corporate. — The love of rural objects natural to all, and never to be totally extinguished. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her un wrinkled face reflected bright ; — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots,...

...where Britain's power I* fell, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPEB. THE WINTER EVENING. ITark ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in whieh the moon Sees her unwrinkled Face reflected bright; — He comes, the herald of a noisy world,...

...THE REV. JOHN JOHNSON. 19 this morning, after having travelled down into Buckinghamshire over Olney Bridge. " That, with its wearisome but needful length,...the Moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright." Excuse me, my love, for indulging my poetical vagaries — it is morally impossible that any " mortal...

...Dreams, empty dreams. [From Book IV, The Winter Evening.'] THE POST. THE FIRESIDE IN WINTER. Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That...needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the inooa Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered...