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" Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil The clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs. Ere the soft fearful people to the flood Commit their woolly sides. And oft the swain, On some impatient seizing, hurls them in... "
Spun-yarn from Old Nantucket: Consisting Mainly of Extracts from Books Now ... - Page 40
edited by - 1914 - 311 pages
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...diffusive band. They drive the troublc-d flocks, by many a do:; Compdl'd, to where tbe maxy-running brook Forms a deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair spreading in a pebbled shore. I'rg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, Tbe clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs, Ere the...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti ...

John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...diffusive Band " They drive the troubled Flocks, by many a Dog " CompelTd, to where the mazy-running Brook " Forms a deep Pool ; this Bank abrupt and high, " And that fair spreading in a pebbled Shore. " Urg'd to the Giddy Brink, much is the Toil, " The Clamour much of Men, and Boys and Dogs, " Ere the...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's ...

John Brand - 1810 - 510 pages
...troubled Flocks, by many a Dog " Compell'd, to where the mazy-running Brook " Forms a deep Pool ; thit Bank abrupt and high, " And that fair spreading in a pebbled Shore. " Urg'd to the Giddy Brink, much is the Toil, " The Clamour much of Men, and Boys and Dogs, " Ere the...
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Fauna Orcadensis: Or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles ...

George Low - 1813 - 272 pages
...operation is far different from that similar, so beautifully described by Thomson in his Seasons : Forms a deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair spreading in a pebbled shore. Urg'< I to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs, Ere the...
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The Seasons, Hymns, Ode, and Songs

James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...diffusive band, They drive the troubled flocks, by many a dog Compell'd, to where the mazy-running brook Forms a deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair-spreading in a pebbled shore. 375 Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much,...
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The seasons; to which is added the life of the author

James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...They drive the troubled flocks, by many a dog Compell'd, to where the mazy-running brook Forms the deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair spreading in a pebbled shore. Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs, Ere the soft...
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The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence ...

James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 pages
...diffusive band, They drive the. troubled flocks, by many a dog Corapell'd, to where the mazy-running brook Forms a deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair-spreading in a pebbled shore. Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...through the trees. SHEEP-SHEARING. Thomson. THE shepherds drive their flocks, by many a dog Compell'd, to where the mazy running brook Forms a deep pool...high, And that, fair spreading in a pebbled shore. Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs, Ere the soft...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

1822 - 278 pages
...diffusive band, They drive the troubled flocks, by many a dog Compell'd, to where the mazy-running brook Forms a deep pool ; this bank abrupt and high, And that fair-spreading in a pebbled shore. Urged to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of...
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The Seasons

James Thomson - 1824 - 256 pages
...Or rushing thence, in one diffusive band, They drive the troubled flocks, by many a dog Compell'd, to where the mazy running brook Forms a deep pool...high, And that fair spreading in a pebbled shore. Urged to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of men and boys and dogs, Ere the soft...
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