 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 586 pages
...elements thy puny growth Fostering propitious, thou becamest a twig. . . . 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... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 pages
...elements thy puny growth Fostering propitious, thou becamest a twig. . . . 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 110 pages
...misstated setting aright 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 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 51 For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks... | |
 | 1901 - 548 pages
...Athletics — their use and abuse. (2) Paraphrase : — AN OLU OAK. 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 flock... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1907 - 584 pages
...veteran, hollow-trunked perhaps, As now, and with excoriate forks deform. 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... | |
 | Joseph Rodgers - 1908 - 488 pages
..."Dukery." THE WOUNDED GIANT OAK TREE, THE WOUNDED GIANT. THE WOUNDED GIANT " 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." MANY years have elapsed since the great bough was torn from this oak, and... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1908 - 612 pages
...Cf. below, in the finest context of all, "prominent wens globose." 2 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... | |
 | Raymond Dexter Havens - 1922 - 766 pages
...that make them more profoundly Miltonic than any others Cowper wrote: 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. 
