 Twas far from any path, but where the Earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the Word it first was made, Ere God had said, Let grass, and herds, and every green thing grow, With fruitful trees after their kind, and it was so.  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 177by English poets - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Miscellany poems - 1716 - 426 pages
...where the Earth Was bare, and naked all as at her Birth, Wiien by the Word it firft .was made, E'er God had faid, "Let Grafs and Herbs and every green...grow, With fruitful Trees after their kind; and it wis fo. The whittling Winds blew fiercely round his Head, Cold was his Lodging; hard his Bed ; Aloft... | |
 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1716 - 424 pages
...f' Town, [down. C Came, look'd about him, fighM, and laid him 3 'Twas far from any Path, but where the Earth Was bare, and naked all as at her Birth, When by the Word it firft was made, E'er God had faid, Let Grafs and Herbs and every green thing grew, With ftuitful Trees afrer their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1716 - 424 pages
...foUies of the buzzmgT Calriook'd about him, figh'd ^d ]^d ^™ f •Twas far from any Path, but where the Earth Was bare, and naked all as at her Birth, When by the Word it fe« was made, E'er God had faid, , let Grafs and Herbs and every green thing gro«, W.hfiuitf«l Trees... | |
 | Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - English literature - 1750 - 500 pages
...of the buzzing town Came, lookt about him, figh'd,and laid him down, Twas from any path, but where the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it firft was made, E'er god had faid, Let grafs and herbs and every green thing grow, With fruitful trees after their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 228 pages
...laid kirrtdc -• 6' ' zy grown, •) zing town, I (aim down; j 'Twas far from any path, but where the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it firft was made, Ere God had laid, Let grafs and herbs and every green thing grow, "With fruitful trees after their kind, and it... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...Vu,/ ii,. \Came, look'd about him, figh'd, and laid him I down. J "Tw»s for from any path, but where the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth,...the word it firft was made, Ere God had faid, Let graft, and herbs, ajidevcry green thinggrow, With fruitful trees after their kind, and it wasfo. The... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 842 pages
...look'd about him, figli'd, and laid him | down. J "Twas far from any path, but wbcre the earth Was hare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it firft was made, Ere God had faid, Let graft, and herbs, andevery green thinggrow, With fruitful trees after their kin J, and it wasfo. The... | |
 | DR. JOHNSON - 1812 - 480 pages
...buzzing town, Came, look'd about him, sigh'd, and laid him down. 'Twas far from any path, but where .the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it first was made, Ere God had said, Let grass and herbs, and every green thing grow, With fruitful trees... | |
 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 362 pages
...buzzing town, Came, look'd about him, sigh'd, and laid him down. Twas far from any path, but where the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it first was made, Ere God had said, Let grass and herbs and ev'ry green thing grow, With fruitful trees... | |
 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 366 pages
...buzzing town, > Came, look'd about him, sigh'd, and laid bun down. J Twas far from any path, but where the earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the word it first was made, Ere God had said, Let grass and herbs and ev'ry green thing grow, With fruitful trees... | |
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