 | John Wallis - 1765 - 338 pages
...Ч 'he Plantsßick in the earth, and are, With confiant drinking, freßi and fair t. The Sea itfelf ('which one would think Should have but little need to drink) Drinks ten thoufand Rivers up, SoßWd that they o'erßovj the Cup. 7 he bujy Sun (and one naould guefs, By' s... | |
 | 1783 - 360 pages
...again; The plants fct in the earth, they are By conftant drinking frefh and fair.' The fea itfelf, which, one would think. Should have but little need to drink, Drinks many athoufand rivers up, •Into his overflowing cup. The bufy fun (and one would guefs By his drunken... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...DRINKING. 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 twice ten thousand rivers... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...DRINKING. 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) Prinks twice ten thousand rivers... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 330 pages
...unbends: I play, . Gamesome with the young and gay. * 1 HE thirsty earth drinks up the rain, And (hirsts, and gapes for drink again ; The plants suck in the...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. * Tbii long in written in the person of Anacreon, the form •f one of whose odei it copies, and whose... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 360 pages
...inexhaustible feeling of delight. Here are some of them : — DRINKING. " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants...are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, See his Lives of the British Poets,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pages
...joviality — in the plenitude of good wine. Our readers will judge. " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again. The plants suck...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 up,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...DRINKING. THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck-in en With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on Earth, t itself (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 306 pages
...DRINKING. 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 twice ten thousand rivers... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...joviality — in the plenitude of good wine. Our readers will judge. " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again. The plants suck...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 up,... | |
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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. 
