 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...; The pattern grows; the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds it's bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, of flow'rs that blow With most success when all besides... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its husy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower,...Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its hosom ; hnds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimhle... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 248 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows,...leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, or flowers that blow With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted ftowV, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its...curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flow'rs, that blow With most success when all besides... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, ! The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circles fan themselves and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows,...leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, or flowers that blow With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pages
...themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well depicted flower. Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds...leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers, that blow U... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 572 pages
...trace the scene." Even a lady working a pattern is made poetical, when " the well-depicted rlow'r, Wrought patiently, into the snowy lawn Unfolds its...leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of a fair, A wreath that cannot fade," &c. &c. The two greatest... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds it's bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd; Follow the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flow'rs, that blow With most success when all besides... | |
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Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted... 
