 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...To send our sons to scout and scamper there, While colts and puppies cost us so much care? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise; We love the play-place...stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none. The wall on which we tried our graving skill, The very name we carv'd, subsisting still; The bench... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...While colts and puppies cost us so much care ? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise ; We love'the play-place of our early days — The scene is touching,...stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none. The wall on which we tried our graving skill, The very name we carv'd, subsisting still ; The bench... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost t' ohtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the wellknown place, Whence...first we started into life's long race, Maintains it's hold with such unfailing sway, "Ve feel it ev'n in age, and at o'& latest day. Hark ! how the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...and puppies cost us so much care? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the...stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none. The wall on which we tried our graving skill, 300 The very name we carv'd subsisting still; The bench... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost t' obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the wellknown place, Whence...first we started into life's long race, Maintains it's hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it ev'n in .age, and at our latest day. Hark ! how the... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 372 pages
...veatra tumultu Pomp* loci, et vuui fugiatur scena timons. Autonius in Protrcptico ad Nt$ttcnl Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise,— We love the play-place of our early days; The scene in touching, and the.* li^avt is stone That feels not at that sight— and ft- eh at none : The wall... | |
 | George Crabbe - City and town life - 1810 - 402 pages
...praise,— ,1 .. • We love the play-place of our early days; The wn« is touclitpir, and the beart is stone That feels not at that sight— and feels at none: . . _ The wall on which we tried our graving skill, The very nartie we carvM aubsisting stilt; The... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...Aasooios in Protreptico ad NepoteM. Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise,-* We love the pla^-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stooe That feels not at that sight— and feels at none: The wall on which \w tried our graving skills... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of onr early days; The scene is tonching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at nooe. The wall on which we tried onr graving skill, The very name we carv'd snbsisting still ; The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost t' obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the wellknown place. Whence...first we started into life's long race, Maintains it's hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it ev'n in age, and at our latest day. Hark ! bow the sire... | |
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Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none. 
