 Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...  Poems, - Seite 165von William Cowper - 1817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet "destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at ouce... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...while deep employed, Tho' mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing -our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ;" To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once... | |
 | 1850 - 396 Seiten
...while deep employed, Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The utile ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To piich the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat : The pleasing spectacle... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...while deep employed, Though mangl'd, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 Seiten
...while deep employed, Tho' mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet dostroyed; The little ones, unbuttoned, what appeared to me to be just, and rejected the...labour and anxiety had nearly undone all that Kcrr piteh tnc ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 Seiten
...yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot j ected looks, Procure him many a curse. By slow degrees, Unapt to learn, and formed ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 Seiten
...while deep employed, Tho' mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot , As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The.chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw , To piteh the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1852 - 560 Seiten
...while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, yet not destroy'd. The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot;...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 538 Seiten
...deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat" to say nothing of the big boy's... | |
 | 1853 - 570 Seiten
...deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat" to say nothing of the big boy's... | |
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