 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...ever wrong'd her yel) 3kf ay daim this merit still— that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause; But she has burnt her mask not needed here, Wbere vice has such allowance, that her shifts And specious semblances have lost their use. My panting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 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...left the herd Long since ; with many an arrow deep infixr, My panting side was charg'd, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There... | |
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