 | 1804 - 572 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled ! ' Thou wert a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...Yardley Chase, in his state of embryo, and in decay, is strikingly painted : ' Thou wast a bauble once 5 a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swallow'ing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 844 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam, after tastt Of prosci-ib'd, as to arefugc fled ! Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have, purloin 'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close -folded latitude of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut; that held thee, swallow'ing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The-auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of hougbs And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And... | |
 | 710 pages
...might with reverence kneel and worship thee. Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes miaht play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have pqrloin'd The auburn uut that held thee, swallowing duwn Thy yet close fo^ed latitude of boughi And... | |
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The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. 
