 The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers...  The Retrospective Review.. - Seite 312herausgegeben von - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Harold Pinter, Anthony Astbury, Geoffrey Godbert - 1997 - 164 Seiten
...sit With opening and shutting wings. Translated by FRANK RUSSELL ANACREONTEA 6TH CENTURY BC Drinking The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and...little need of drink) Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So filled that they o'erflow the cup. The busy Sun (and one would guess By's drunken fiery face no less)... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...president. Quoted in Portrait of a President, William Manchester (1962). Remark, Nov. 1961. Water 1 The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. ABRAHAM COWLEY, (1618-1667) British essayist, poet. "Drinking, "Anacreon(1656). Watergate Affair 1... | |
 | Marie-Claire Rouyer - 1998 - 292 Seiten
...reste de la création en fait autant : The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapesfor drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are...fair; The sea itself -which one would think Should lntve but little need of drink Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fi lled that they o'erflow the cup.... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 - 632 Seiten
...better works are Miscellanies, and The Davideis, an unfinished epic on David. Anacreontics i Drinking THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and...think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy Sun (and one would guess... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 Seiten
...she will not love, nothing can make her; the devil take her. Abraham Cowley (1618- 1 667) Drinking1 The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, and drinks and...think should have but little need of drink) drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, so filled that they o'erflow the cup. The busy Sun (and one would guess... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 Seiten
...world go round. THE THIRSTY EARTH. ABBARAM COWLET. THE thirsty earth drinks up the rain And thirsts, and gapes for drink again ; The plants suck in the...The sea itself (which one would think Should have hut little need of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup.... | |
 | Maria Mann - 2007 - 979 Seiten
...and mummy go home. 8.45 pm Very achy, babies are 50 heavy. 9.03 pm Drink lots of water. Friday 8th. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again. Abraham Cowley Sat looking out the window like a small dog waiting for his master to come home; watched... | |
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