My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. The Task - Page 65by William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...hatred ever wrong'd her yet) May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, •. And thus give.s virtue indirect...left the herd Long since; with many an arrow deep infixt, My panting side was charg'd; when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| 1801 - 452 pages
...melancholy characterises his retirement. This his history we have in the following singular lines :— I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since, with many an arrow deep fixt in My panting side was charg'd, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades, There... | |
| 1802 - 302 pages
...applause ; But she has burnt her mask, not needed here, 105 Where vice has such allowance, that her shift! And specious semblances have lost their use. I was...left the herd Long since; with many an arrow deep infixt My panting side was charg'd, when I withdrew 110 To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 318 pages
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| William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...consolation which he derived from his faith in the Son of God, in the following affecting allegory. " I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since ; with many an arrow deep infixt, My panting side was charg'd, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 456 pages
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| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...ever wronged her yet) jMay claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause...left the herd Long since ; with many an arrow deep infixt panting side was charged, when I withdrew seek a tranquil death in distant shades, was I found... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...qver wronged her yet) May clain> -this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause;...allowance, that her shifts And specious semblances have Iqst their use. I was a stricken deer, that left the herd Long since; with many an arrow deep infixt... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...ever wrong' d her yet) May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause ; But she has hurnt her mask not needed here, Where vice has such allowance, that her shifts And specious semhlances... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...hatred ever wrong'd her yet) May claim this merit still — that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause...semblances have lost their use. I was a stricken deer, t hnt left the herd Long since. With many an arrow deep infix'd My panting side was charg'd, when I... | |
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