Than those of age, thy forehead wrapped in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art! The task, a poem, illustr. by B. Foster - ˹éÒ 126â´Â William Cowper - 1855ÁØÁÁͧ·Ñé§àÅèÁ - à¡ÕèÂǡѺ˹ѧÊ×ÍàÅèÁ¹Õé
| 1867 - 964 ˹éÒ
...scatter'd hair with sleetate ashes âll'd, thy breath congeal* d upon thy lips, thy cheeks fring'd with a beard made white with other snows than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, a leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy tlirone i sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 ˹éÒ
...scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 ˹éÒ
...scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes till'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Pring'd with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, tliy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted... | |
| 1802 - 302 ˹éÒ
...scatter'd hair,' with sleet-like ashes, fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne 125 A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 ˹éÒ
...scatter'd hair with sleet like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fring'd with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| 1867 - 636 ˹éÒ
...the nobles and the weakness of the Crown, — ' A leafless branch her sceptre, and her throne An icy car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way.' It was the rare felicity of England that, in the early struggles between her nobles and her king, constitutional... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 ˹éÒ
...with a beard made white with othc» snowi Than tho« of «Rt.thy forehead wrapt In cloud jf A leaflets branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car....Indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slipp'ry way, 1 1оте thec all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art I &c. MONITORY POEMS... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 ˹éÒ
...white with other snows Than those of a^e.thy forehead wrapt In clouds; A leaflet branch thy sceptic, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no Wheels, But urged by storms along Its sllpp'ry way, 1 love thee all unlovely at thou scem'M, And dreaded as thuu art I &c. MONITORY POEMS... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 ˹éÒ
...year, Thy scattered hair with sleet-like aiihes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 ˹éÒ
...year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
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