 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows 1 If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah,whatshalllanguagedo? Ah, where find words... | |
 | Rev. W. Hutton - Natural history - 1822 - 306 pages
...imagination boast Amid its gay creation, lines like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skUl, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ?" But we have no less to admire in the general contrivance and delicate structure of their several... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can she mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? If fancy, then, Unequal, fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah, what can language do ? Ah, where find words Tinged with so many... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? Thomson's Seasons — Spring.. Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons... | |
 | Agriculture - 1834 - 652 pages
...Imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? " In the peach house were good crops of peaches and nectarines, trained on a hanging and table trellis,... | |
 | John Sanders (writer on horticulture.) - 1829 - 214 pages
...imagination boast, Amid his gay creation, hues like these ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In ev'ry bud that blows ?" " With what a masterly skill is every one of the varying tints disposed! here,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers 1 Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows 7 If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah, what shall language do 7 Ah, where find... | |
 | Religious poetry, English - 1833 - 292 pages
...Imagination boast Amidst bis gay creation, bues like hers ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them...Unequal, fail beneath the pleasing task, Ah ! what can language do ? THOMSON. The flowers of Spring are beautiful, And well their sight may cast Before... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1834 - 372 pages
...imagination boast, Amid his gay creation, hues like these ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other ? ' THOMSON. I enjoy these ' sylvan strolls.' They awaken all ones best feelings. The ' gleams and... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1834 - 352 pages
...imagination boast, Amid his gay creation, hues like these ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine* And lose them in each other —— ? ' THOMSON. I enjoy these ' sylvan strolls.' They awaken all ones best feelings. The ' gleams... | |
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But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows... 
