He comes, but comes in vain, Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks And mocks his pains the more, the more he works ; Still, midst huge clods, he plunges on forlorn, That laugh his harrows and the shower to scorn. E'en thus the living clod, the stubborn... The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem - Seite 29von Robert Bloomfield - 1803 - 129 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 Seiten
...way." He comes, but comes in vain, Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks And mocks his pains the more, the more he works ; Still, midst huge clods,...wakeful hour, Light, constant rain evinces secret power, And, ere the day resumes its wonted smiles, Presents a cheerful, easy task for Giles. Down with... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 Seiten
...way." He comes, but comes in vain, Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks And mocks his pains the more, the more he works ; Still, midst huge clods,...the shower to scorn. E'en thus the living clod, the stubhorn fool, Resists the stormy lectures of the school, Till tried with gentler means, the dunce... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 Seiten
...forlorn, That laugh his harrows and the shower to scorn. E'en thus the living clod, the stubhorn fiol, Resists the stormy lectures of the school, Till tried...with gentler means, the dunce to please, His head imhibes right reason by degrees: As when from eve till morning's wakeful hour, Light, constant rain... | |
| James Thomson - 1842 - 440 Seiten
...way.' He comes, hut comes in vain ; Dry dust heneath the huhhling surface lurks, And mocks his pains the more, the more he works : Still midst huge clods...the shower to scorn. E'en thus the living clod, the stuhhorn fool Resists the stormy lectures of the school, Till tried with gentler means, the dunce to... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...way.' He comes, but comes in vain ; liiy dust beneath the bubbling surlace lurks, And mocks his pains showers to scorn. K'en thus the living clod, the stubborn fool, Kesists the stormy lectures of the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...way.' He comes, but comes in vain ; Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks, And mocks his pains narrows and the showers to scorn. F.'cn thus the living clod, the stubborn fool, Resists the stormy... | |
| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 Seiten
...laujjh his harrows and the shower to scorn. S'cn thus the living clod, the stubborn fool, llesists the stormy lectures of the school, Till tried with gentler means, the dunce to please, lis head imbibes right reason by degrees : Vs when from eve till morning's wakeful hour, .light, constant... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...Still, 'midst huge clods, he plunges on forlorn, That laugh his harrows and the showers to scorn. Fen ots a mean», the dunce to please, Hi» head imbibes right reason by degrees ; As when from ere till morning's... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - 792 Seiten
...way." He comes, but comes in vain , Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks And mocks his pains the more, the more he works : Still, midst huge clods,...from eve till morning's wakeful hour, Light, constant raiu evinces secret power, And, ere the day resumes its wonted smiles, Presents a cheerful, easy task... | |
| Robert Bloomfield - 1852 - 190 Seiten
...way." He comes, but comes in vain ; Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks, And mocks the pains the more, the more he works. Still, 'midst huge clods,...forlorn, That laugh his harrows and the shower to scorn. lands, nil tried with gentler means, the dunce to please, His head imbibes right reason by degrees... | |
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