 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...misstated setting right Desperate attempt, till trees shall speak again I Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods; And time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 pages
...Yardley Oak, immortalized by Cowper, is now in a state of decay. Time made thee what thou wert — king of the woods .' And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Cowper. The tree is said to be at least fifteen hundred years old. It cannot... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...setting right — Desperate attempt, till trees shall speak again ! Tune made thee what thou wast, Eing of the woods; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Onoe thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...which were given by his priestesses, from the hollow of an oak-tree. Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...setting right, — Desp'rate attempt, till trees shall speak again ! Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the num'rous flocks... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. So Fancy dreams. Time made thee what thou wast, s thou prov'st, That now at every step thou mov'st Upheld by tw cave For owls to roost in ! Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign : -and the numerous flocks.... | |
 | Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...in which, secure, Thy rudiments should sleep the winter through. — Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods : And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Let us now direct our attention to yonder handsome tree, which stands at... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 290 pages
...setting right — * Desp'rate attempt, till trees shall speak again ! Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the num'rous flocks... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 392 pages
...entitled 'Yardley Oak,' was found among his papers, beginning 11 Time made thee what thou wast — King of the Woods ! And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in ! " 1 m. E. of Olney is Clifton Seynes, with an early Dec. Church. IntheN.... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 264 pages
...setting right — Desperate attempt, till trees shall speak again ! Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks... | |
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Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in. 
