 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
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 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, unpleasing sight, I ween ! Ah luckless he, and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! it irks me whilst... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1892 - 694 pages
...fingers 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 I xx. 0 ruthful scene ! when, from a nook obscure, His little sister doth... | |
 | John Taylor - 1896 - 430 pages
...wet the Letters fair: The work so quaint that on their backs is seen, St. George's high Achievements does declare, On which thilk Wight that has y-gazing been Kens the foKh-coming Bod, unplcasing sight, 1 ween." Our own poo', John Clare, writing in 1827, speaks of the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...wet the letters fair ; The work so gay that on their backs is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare, On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween. Ah, luckless he ! and born beneath, the beam Of evil star! it irks me while... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 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, unpleasing sight, I ween ! The four extracts which follow are from A Pastoral Ballad (1743) : Absence.... | |
 | 1904 - 694 pages
...wet the letters fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, Saint George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod, — unpleasing sight, I ween ! But now Dan Phoebus gains the middle sky, And Liberty unbars her prison... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 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...that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween! 162 Ah, luckless he, and born beneath the beam Of evil star! it irks me whilst... | |
 | Otto Daniel - 1908 - 106 pages
...utters the Command! Eftfoons the Urchins to their Tafks repair: Their Books of Stature fmall take they2) in Hand, Which with pellucid Horn fecured are; To fave from Finger wet the Letters fair: The Work fo quaint3) that on their Backs4) is feen. St. George's high Atchievements does declare: On which thilk... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 564 pages
...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair; 50 The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare, On which...wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod — unpleasing sight, I ween ! Ah, luckless he, and born beneath the beam 55 Of evil starl it irks... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair; 50 The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare, On which...wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod—unpleasing sight, I ween! Ah, luckless he, and born beneath the beam 55 Of evil star! it irks... | |
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