...woods, or resort to pools and streams, to cool their bodies, and quench their thirst. On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still. Amid his subjects safe Slumbers the monarch-swain ; his careless arm Thrown round his head on downy...

...exceedingly trying. The cattle, oppressed by the heat, seek the grateful shade. " On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insect lashes with his tail." Sometimes all...

...— and there he stood for two long hours, he chewing the " sweet cud," and I the " bitter fancy," and from his sides, " The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still" '' , pretending all the while to be unconscious of my presence. No, no, my Lord Durham or Earl of Oxford,...

...WOODY scene. In the front a piece of water in which some cattle are standing. " On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the...flood, and often bending sip The circling surface." A group of rustic figures are reclining on the shady bank to the left ; the effect is that of a sultry...

...limpid plain, A various group the herds and flocks compose ; 485 Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, 490 Which incompos'd he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning...

...sheep will seek the brink of the stream : " Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating He ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending,...droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes, and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning still."...

...compose, Rural contusion ! on the grassy bank Sinne ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the ilood, and often bending sip The circling surface. In the...droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which incoinposed he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning gull....

...limpid plain; A various group the herds and flocks compose, 485 Rural confusion! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, 490 Which incornposed he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail, Returning...

...to remark the omission of a reference to Genesis, iX. l'i-17. 3 The wild ash grows in rocky heights. Some ruminating lie! while others stand Half in the...surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, with honest front, Which incomposed he shakes; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with...

...border or surround the stream or pond, where, as Thomson has described them — "On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the...often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droopg Tbe strong laborious ox of honest front, Which incomposed he shakes, and from his sides, The...