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" Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted... "
The art of weaving by hand and by power, with an account of its rise and ... - Page 297
by Clinton G. Gilroy - 1845
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The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of ...

Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...Country everywhere is fild With Ladies, and with Gentlewomen, skilil In this rare Art.'' TAYLOR. " For here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows,...Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble fingers...
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils,...gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath, that cannot fade, or flow'rs that blow With most success when all besides decay. The...
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... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and Academies

William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils,...gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath, that cannot fade, or flow'rs that blow With most success when all besides decay. The...
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The Task: A Poem

William Cowper - English poetry - 1842 - 166 pages
...pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils,...gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; 155 A wreath, that cannot fade, or flow'rs that blow With most success when all besides decay. The...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, I he silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But wind On mutual dependence find. Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now the apa * A noted conjuror of the day. Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom : buds, and...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But hern nor bleating flocks ; No fertilising streams your fields divide, That show r * A noted conjuror of the day. Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom : buds, and...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows,..."Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom : buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble...
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Historical Sketches of English and American Literature: Embracing an Account ...

Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - American literature - 1845 - 342 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows,...well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy luwn, Unfolds its blossom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed,...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq., with a New Memoir: Compiled from Johnson ...

William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...Cough their own knoll, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into trie snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: Including the Copyright ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...Situm* Jtmyui. The silent circle fan themselves, and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn Unfolds its bosom, buds and leaves and sprigs And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble ringer...
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