 tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ;— He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots, strapped waist,...  The Table Book - Seite 61von William Hone - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. THE POST-BOY. • Hark ! 'tis the twanging bora ! o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood ; in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled (ace reflected bright : — He comes, the herald of a... | |
 | Mrs. Kemp - 1858 - 746 Seiten
...bridge over the Ouse at that place is supposed to be the one to which he alludes in the lines : — " Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome bat needful length. Bestrides the wintry flood." HERBERT. Stony Stratford is one of the places where... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 Seiten
...perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, THE POST-BOY. Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge....wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood; in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright: — He comes, the herald of a noisy... | |
 | Maurice D. Kavanagh - 1859 - 202 Seiten
...Aonian mount, while it pursues Things imattempted yet in prose or rhyme. Milion, THE WINTER S EVENING. Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge,...wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ; He comes, the herald of a noisy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1859 - 324 Seiten
...never to be totally extinguished. THE TASK BOOK IV. THE WINTER EVENING. HARK ! 'tis the twanging liorn o'er yonder bridge. That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ; — He comes, the herald of a... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1860 - 292 Seiten
...smaller ones over the meadow-land flooded in winter, which is alluded to by Cowper in the lines, — " Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That,...wearisome but needful length, Bestrides the wintry flood." rt. is the large ch. of SS. Poter and Paul, entirely Dec. The pulpit is that in which Newton... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 Seiten
...sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. THE POST-BOY. Hark ! 'tis the twanging horn! o'er yonder bridge,...wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood; in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright:— He comes, the herald of a noisy... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 Seiten
...court! my hopes in heaven do dwell. Crom. Good sir, have patience. Shakespeare. THE RURAL POSTMAN. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge,...wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon He comes, the herald of a noisy world, Sees her unwrinkled face reflected... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 Seiten
...could put more vivacity and interest into a subject so familiar as the following? [2.] The Postmaa. 1. Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That...wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinlded face reflected bright; He comes, the herald of a noisy... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 294 Seiten
...and finding rich amends For a lost world in solitude and verse. The Task, Book IV. WINTER EVENING. HARK ! 'tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge...wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright, He comes, the herald of a noisy... | |
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