tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ; — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist,... Poems - Seite 88von William Cowper - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1841 - 240 Seiten
...corporate — The love of rural objects natural to all, and never to bo totally extinguished. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...bright : — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, 5 With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back.... | |
| William Hone - 1841 - 894 Seiten
...paints the bearer of the newspaper. Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge. That with it« wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her anwrinkled face reflected bright ; — ,1« comee, the herald oF a noisy world, With SBMter'd boot«,... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 162 Seiten
...and never to be totally extinguished. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with ita wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry...bright : — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, 5 With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks, News from all nations lamb'ring at his back.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...worn-out heart will break at last, My Mary! [ Winttr Evening in the Country.} [From ' The Task.1] Hark ! he sought. And stretch me where he lay. And there,...for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.' ' freien locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back. True to his charge, the close-packed load... | |
| 1844 - 640 Seiten
...familiar with the graphic commencement of the 4th book, describing the arrival of the postman : " Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge That, with...the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright." It is thus the long, narrow, and irregular old bridge over the River Ouse is delineated. But alas !... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 Seiten
...of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last, My Mary! WINTER EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. II AUK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with...frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at bis back. True to his charge, the close-packed load behind, Yet careless what he brings, his one concern... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1884 - 436 Seiten
...stands the bridge, a long structure, spanning with several arches two branches of the Ouse. " Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge, That...needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the morn Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...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...: — He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and froze locks, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back. True... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...ol rursl objects natural to all, and never to be totally extin gulabed. THE WINTER EVENING. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge That with...bright;— He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks; Xews from all nations lumbering at his back. True... | |
| William Allen - 1847 - 476 Seiten
...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... | |
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