 To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward,...  The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems - Stran 32avtor: Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 154 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 strani
...To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where HOLLAND lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, 285 Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1852 - 518 strani
...incessant vigilance and attention. Thus the barrier raised by human hands — " Spreads its long arm amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire and usurps the shore ; While the pent ocean, rising o'er tho pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, tho yellow blossomed Tale, Tho... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 strani
...To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans...watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : 200 While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The... | |
 | 1854 - 534 strani
...Goldsmith, in his poem, The Traveller, says of Holland and its inhabitants : — *Methinks her patient sons before me stand, "Where the broad ocean leans...The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads ita long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean,... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 strani
...TO men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans...bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the waters roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile,... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 strani
...con/to* Their slate affairs.— Milton. Onward, methinks, and dMgently slow, The firm connected frwwark seems to grow, Spreads its long arms amidst the watery...roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.— Then goes he to the length of all his arm ; And, with his other hand thus o'er his brow, He falls to... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 strani
...TO men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans...bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the waters roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 168 strani
...To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans...bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. 290 While the pent ocean, rising o'er the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1891 - 458 strani
...reign ' (Goldsmith ; . The reference is, of course, to the dikes. Cp. The Traveller — ' Onwards, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected...roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.' 853. the stork-assembly. These birds, belonging to the family of herons and bitterns, though widely... | |
 | 1889 - 522 strani
..."To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep whera Holland lies, Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land." Geoffrey and Lionel Vickars are two sterling English Boys, who encounter many adventures and overcome... | |
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