 Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements...  A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes - Page 254edited by - 1755Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 442 pages
...finger wet the letters fair : The work so gay that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween ! ***** But now Dan Phoebus gains the middle skie, And Liberty unbars her... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...finger wet the letters fair : The work so gay that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween ! With boisterous revel-rout and wild uproar ; A thousand ways in wanton rings... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 360 pages
...letters fair : The work so gay that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare j On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween ! ***** But now Dan. Phoebus gains the middle skie, And Liberty unbars her... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...finger wet the letters fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St George's high achievements t less picturesque arc the following passages, which instantly became popular : — — unpleasing sight, I ween ! Ah ! luckless he, and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! it irks me... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...finger wet the letters fair : The work so cay, that on their back is seen, St George's high achievements lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, — unpleasing sight, 1 ween ! Ah 1 luckless he, and bom beneath the beam Of evil star ! it irks me... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...wet the letters fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween ! Ah, luckless he, and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! it irks me whilst... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 392 pages
...wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has ygazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight I ween. Not unlike this must have been the character of the venerable deaconess, in... | |
 | William Bradford, Edward Winslow - 1849 - 396 pages
...wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has ygazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight I ween. Not unlike this must have been the character of the venerable deaconess, in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 pages
...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gaziug been. Kens the forthcoming rod;—unpleasing sight, I ween. Ah luckless he, and born beneath... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...finger wet the letters fair: The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod— uupleasing sight, I ween! As erst the ban! by Mnlla's silver stream, Oft, as he told of deadly dolorous... | |
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