 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.. - Сторінка 312редактори - 1823Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Thomas George Shaw - 1863 - 530 стор.
...courage, ou d'eloquence ! Cowley, in his imitation of Anacreon, rises to this pitch of extravagance : — The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again ; The plants Buck in the earth, and are, With constant drinking, fresh and fair ; The sea itself (which, one would... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 стор.
...BicnNERS. Heraldic Blnztmrg. t God made the country, and man made the town. COWI-ER. The Tusk. Cook i. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain And drinks and...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. From Anacreon Why Should every creature drink but I ? Why, man of morals, tell me why ? Ibid. His time... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 стор.
...himself, was yet the writer of this paraphrastic version of one of Anacreon's sparkling lyrics : — The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again : 60 The plants suck in the earth, and are, With constant drinking, fresh and fair. The sea itself,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 стор.
...LL iv. 3. He that holds more wine than others can, I rather count a hogshead than a man. Randolph, The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...earth, and are. With constant drinking, fresh and fair. Anacrcon (Cowley). Why should ev'ry creature drink but I ? Why, man of morals, tell me why? Anacrcon... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 стор.
...and poetry ; Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine. On the Death of Mr. William Harvey. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain And drinks and...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. From Anacrcon. Why Should every creature drink but I ? V/hy, man of morals, tell me why ? md. His time... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1870 - 632 стор.
...service of drink : The thirsty earth drinks up the rain, And thirsts and gapes for drink again. The see itself (which one would think, Should have but little need of drink) Brinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So full that they o'erflow the cup, The busy sun (and one would... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 стор.
...Epicurean animal!) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest. DRINKING. From Anacreon. 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 husy sun, and one would guess, By's drunken fiery face, no less,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 стор.
...of the seventeenth century. We must confine ourselves to a single specimen, taken from Cowley : — The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...Drinks ten thousand rivers up So fill'd that they o'crflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By his drunken fiery face no less) Drinks up the... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 стор.
...of the seventeenth century. We must confine ourselves to a single specimen, taken from Cowley : — The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should hare but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 стор.
...sighed, we wept : we never blushed before. Discourse coneerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. From Anacreon. Drinhing. Why Should every creature drink but I ? Why, man of morals, tell me why ?... | |
| |
