 Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field :...  Rambles of an Evangelist - Page 87by James Kendall - 1853 - 185 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose— th' alcovfe,' ' The chamber, or refectory — may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose — th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory — may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so, when held... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs uo blame. Not so, when held... | |
 | 1805 - 622 pages
...Will tread aside, and let tile reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes A visitor unwelcome, into scenes, Sacred to neatness and repose, th'akove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. l4ot so, when held within... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the sight, And charged...refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight; And charged perhaps with yenpm, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred...repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: . . . , . .: 166 "TltS 1-A'S*. 'BOOK VI. A necessary net incurs no bTame. Not so when, held within... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refractory, may die. A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so, when held... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose. ...th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory.. ..may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bound**, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take... | |
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