 THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty...  New Outlook - Page 5661913Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 446 pages
...the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising, There are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And...doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill." " The plough-boy is whooping anon, anon," &c. &e. is in the same exquisite measure. This appears to us neither... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing ; The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter;" and, " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill," brings the nursery before us, and almost prevents us from observing that the thoughts are really pleasing,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing; The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter;" and, " Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill," brings the nursery before us, and almost prevents us from observing that the thougJds are really pleasing,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon : There 's joy in the mountains ; There 's life in the fountains... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill, On the top of the bare hill ; The plough-boy is whooping — anon—- anon There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains;... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the hare hill; The plowhoy is whooping — anon, anon: There's joy in the mountains, There's life in the... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The plough-boy is whooping—anon—anon ; There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains;... | |
 | Robert Connel - 1853 - 210 pages
...ill, on the top of the bare hill • The plough-boy is whooping a-non' — a-non' : There's joy on the mountains, there's life in the fountains, Small clouds are sailing, blue sky is prevailing, Cold and rain are now over and gone. THE CATERPILLAR. That butterfly, which you now... | |
 | 1008 pages
...never raising ; Then are forty feeding like one. Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated, 282 And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The pjoughbo^ is whooping — anon — anon ! There's joy on the mountains; There's life in the fountains,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...verses under date 16th April, 1802. They were written on that day, in the open air. See Life, i. 184. Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And...now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon : There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains... | |
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