 Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.  The National Review - Page 34edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...play : (') (1) " Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, — We love the play-place of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight — and feels at nona The wall on which we tried our graving skill ; The very name we carved subsisting still ; The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...cost us so much care ? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone...subsisting still ; The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy 'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 pages
...to be regretted; for whether in prose or verse, it would have been a cheerful sketch of his boyhood. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That...subsisting still ; The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...cost us so much care ? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone...subsisting still, The bench on which we sat while deep-employ 'd Though mangled, hack'd and hew'd, not yet destroy 'd ; The little ones unbutton'd, glowing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...cost us so much care ? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone...subsisting still, The bench on which we sat while deep-employ 'd Though mangled, hack'd and hew'd, not yet destroy'd : The little ones unbutton 'd, glowing... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1836 - 344 pages
...play: (') (1) " Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise,—> We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight—and feels at none. The wall on which we tried our graving skill; The very name we carved subsisting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...cost us so much care ? Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,...which we tried our graving skill, The very name we carv'd subsisting still ; The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Tho' mangled, hack'd, and... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1839 - 342 pages
...play : (') (1) " Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, — We love the play-place of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone...subsisting still ; The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, yet not destroy'd. The little ones unbutton'd, glowing... | |
 | 546 pages
...shoot." THOMSON. " Be It a weakness, it deserves some praise ; We love the play-place of our early days : The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at the sight — aud feels at none." COWPER. When I broke off at the end of the last chapter, Kirkonnel... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...cost us so much care ! Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone...subsisting still, The bench on which we sat while deep-employ' d, Though mangled, hack'd and hew'd, not yet destroy 'd: The little ones unbutton'd, glowing... | |
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