| Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 514 pages
...head a wreath, that was cnrold With ears of corn of every fort, he bore : And in his hand a fickle he did hold, To reap the ripen'd fruits the which the earth had yojd. XXXI. ' Laftly came Wmttr cloathed all in frize, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill,... | |
| 1870 - 606 pages
...all in yellow clad, As though he joyed iu his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him langh, full glad That he had banish'd hunger, which to fore...the great master of personification, when painting the genius of the season; and Chatterton follows in the same (train : " When Antumn bleak and sunburnt... | |
| Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With ears of corn of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did hold, To reap the ripened fruits which the earth had yold. Lastly, came Winter clothed all in frieze, Chattering his... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enrolled * With ears of corn of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did hold,...To reap the ripen'd fruits the which the earth had yold.' Lastly, came Winter, clothed all in frize, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore : Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With ears of corn of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did hold,...To reap the ripen'd fruits the which the earth had yold. One who had a rare talent for imitation has caught the quaint phraseology of the elder poets... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With ears of corn of every sort, he bore, And in his hand a sickle he did hold To reap the ripened fruits, the which the earth, had void.9 Lastly came Winter, clothed all in frieze,10 Chattering... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With ears of corn of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did hold, To reap the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold. Lastly, came Winter clothed all in frize, Chattering his... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With cars of corn of every sort, he bore ; And in his hand a sickle he did hold....To reap the ripen'd fruits the which the earth had yold. IV. Lastly, came Winter, clothed all in frieze, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...the belly oft him pinched sore ; Upon his head a wreath, that was enrolled With ears of corn of every sort, he bore, And in his hand a sickle he did hold, To reap the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold. Lastly came Winter, clothed all in frieze, Clattering... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...pinched sore : Upon his head a wreath, that was enroll'd With ears of corn of every sort he bore ; i And in his hand a sickle he did hold, To reap the ripen'd fruits the which the earth had yold. One who had a rare talent for imitation has caught the quaint phraseology of the elder poets... | |
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