 | 1799 - 686 pages
...fcarlet Poppy of the pathlefs field, Gaudy, yet wild and lone ; no leaf to ihield Thy flaccid veil, that, as the gale blows high, Flaps, and alternate folds around thy head. — So (lands in the long grafs a love crazed maid, Smiling aghaft ; while itream to every wind Her gairiih... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1799 - 200 pages
...fcarlet POPPY of the pathlefs field, Gaudy, yet wild and lone ; no leaf to fhield Thy flaccid veft, that, as the gale blows high, Flaps, and alternate folds around thy head. — So ftands in the long grafs a love-craz'd Maid, Smiling aghaft ; while ftream to every wind Her gairifh... | |
 | Roger Lonsdale, Roger H. Lonsdale - English literature - 1990 - 612 pages
...paternal, nervous, clear, Dim apparition thou! — and bitter in my tear. (Wr. 1788; pub. 1792) 210 Sonnet. To the Poppy WHILE summer roses all their glory yield...folds around thy head. So stands in the long grass a love-crazed maid, Smiling aghast; while stream to every wind Her garish ribbons, smeared with dust... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 302 pages
...— it flows — and flows — and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless, to the final hour. (1799) 187. To the Poppy While summer roses all their glory yield...around thy head. — So stands in the long grass a love-crazed maid, Smiling aghast; while stream to every wind Her garish ribbons, smeared with dust... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman - Literary Collections - 2001 - 924 pages
...— A radiant course did JOHNSON'S Glory run, But large the spots that darken'd on its Sun. (i799) Sonnet LXXI To the Poppy While Summer Roses all their...love-craz'd Maid, Smiling aghast; while stream to every wind 10 Her garish ribbons, smear 'd with dust and rain; But brain-sick visions cheat her tortured mind,... | |
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While summer roses all their glory yield To crown the votary of love and joy, Misfortune's victim hails, with many a sigh, Thee, scarlet Poppy of the pathless field, Gaudy, yet wild and lone; no leaf to shield Thy flaccid vest, that, as the gale blows... 