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" And to the ragged infant threaten war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf... "
The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ... - Page 198
by Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845
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The British Magazine and Review: Or, Universaal Miscellany of Arts ..., Volume 3

1783 - 424 pages
...From thence a length of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveft waves it's wither d ears. Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thirties flrerch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; Th:re poppies, nodding,...
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The British Magazine and Review, Or, Universal Miscellany, Volume 1

1783 - 524 pages
...From thence a length of burning fand appears, Where the thin harveit waves it's wither'd cars. Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thirties ftretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies, nodding,...
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Wild flowers of the year [by A. Pratt].

Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 pages
...the sterile corn-fields near the sea, gives to the bugloss a prominent place : — " Rank weeds which every art and care defy Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; — Here poppies,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 198

1903 - 606 pages
...From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil. His native Suffolk, unlike the country of Scott or Wordsworth or Charlotte Bronte, is a region, like...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 12

1808 - 556 pages
...length of burning fand appears, \Vhere the thin harveft waves its withered ears ; There thirties ftretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue buglofs paints the fterile foil ; Hardy and hiph, above the flmder flieaf, The (limy mallow waves her...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 5

1807 - 532 pages
...From theni?ea length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears -r Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and bigh, above the slender sheaf. The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock...
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George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; c 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade...
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Poems

George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; e 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade...
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Poems

George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pages
...From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss points the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky...
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Poems

George Crabbe - 1808 - 276 pages
...From thence a length of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the...There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to theVagged infant threaten .war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss...
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