 Reluctance marks their steps, sedate and slow ; The right of conquest all the law they know ; The strong press on, the weak by turns succeed, And one superior always takes the lead ; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray ; Allow'd precedence, undisputed...  The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem - Seite 13von Robert Bloomfield - 1803 - 129 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1801 - 390 Seiten
...Subordinate they one by one succeed; And one among them always takes the lead, Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray; Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway; With...broil that post of honour gain'd. At home, the yard aifords a grateful scene; For Spring makes e'en a miry cow-yard clean. Thence from its chalky bed behold... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1806 - 198 Seiten
...on, the weak by turns succeed, And one superior always takes the lead ; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray : Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway *...convey'd The rich manure that drenching Winter made, • I have seen a similar remark in a description of Switzerland. Milking. V. leg. Which pil'd near... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1806 - 212 Seiten
...on, the weak by turns succeed, And one superior always takes the lead ; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray : Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway * : With jealous pride her station is maintain 'd, For many a broil that post of honour gain'd. At home, the yard affords a grateful scene... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 Seiten
...the weak by turns succeed. And one, superior, always takes the lead ; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray, Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway ;...scene, For spring makes e'en a miry cow-yard clean. Forth comes the maid, and like the morning smiles ; The mistress too, and follow'd close by Giles.... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1831 - 388 Seiten
...the law they know : Subordinate, they one by one succeed, And one among them always takes the lead ; With jealous pride her station is maintain'd, For many a broil that post of honour gain'd. Forth comes the maid, and like the morning smiles ; The mistress too—and follow'd close by Giles.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 Seiten
...And one superior always takes the lead; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray: Allow'd prcccoVnre, undisputed sway: With jealous pride her station is...convey'd The rich manure that drenching Winter made, Which piled near home, grows green with many A promised nutriment for Autumn's seed, [weei Forth comes... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 Seiten
...; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stmy : Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway: With jealous pikle stablished there by his uncle, D»' King of Scotland. He was the last of the Wl:ich piled near home, grows green with many a A premised nutriment for Autumn's seed, [weed Forth... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 Seiten
...on, the weak hy turns succeed, And one superior always takes the lead ; Is ever foremost, wheresoe'er they stray : Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway :...jealous pride her station is maintain'd, For many a hroil that post of honour gain'd. At home, the yard affords a grateful scene ; For Spring makes e'en... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - 1841 - 610 Seiten
...on, the weak by turns succeed ; And nne superior always takes the lead, Is ever foremost, whereso'er they stray; Allow'd precedence, undisputed sway :...maintain'd, For many a broil that post of honour gain'd." It is generally, if not always, the case that a particular cow, probably the strongest, leads the herd... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 Seiten
...Allow 'd precedence, undisputed sway ; With jealous pride her stanon is maintain'd, For many a hroil that post of honour gain'd. At home, the yard affords...e'en a miry cow-yard clean. Thence from its chalky hed hehold convey'd The rich manure that drenching winter made, Which pil'd near home, grows green... | |
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