 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 National Review - Page 62edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | California - 1900 - 626 pages
...flowers. — Hood. ( Mr. Hood never traveled over the Sunset Route, New Orleans to San Francisco.) * * * * Thy throne a sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way. — Cowper. ( The way of Sunset Limited, sunshine train over song bird route, is not slippery; ay,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1898 - 330 pages
...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, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; _£ I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art. Thou holdest the sun 1 A... | |
 | Costume - 1843 - 692 pages
...scalter'd hair with sleet-like ashes fill'd, Thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheek, Fring'd with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...(From " The Task," Book IV.) § WINTER, ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet-like ashes filled, /Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...forehead wrapped in clouds, A leafless branch thy scepter, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 544 pages
...Task, Book HI. TO WINTER. 0 Winter ! ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels,... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 788 pages
...peaceful evening in. 120 Oh Winter ! ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, 130 A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...year, Thy scattered hair with sleet-like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheek Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than...forehead wrapped in clouds. A leafless branch thy scepter, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 620 pages
...TO WINTER. WILLIAM COWPER. O Winter ! ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...forehead wrapped in clouds, A leafless branch thy scepter, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 612 pages
...WINTER. i WILLIAM COWPER. O Winter ! ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapped in A leafless branch thy scepter, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...and is still at home. O Winter ! ruler of the inverted year, 120 Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips,...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,... | |
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