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" Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness... "
The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 250
1804
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 4

1804 - 538 pages
...a_ntiquated,jjid vulgar phrafes. The following are about the bcft lines which it cotttains: ' Thou waft a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievifh Jay Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloiii'd Hie auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 2

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1805 - 692 pages
...BECATED OAK. J)lfeovered by Mr. Haylry among fame laofi papat found in tie fcet'i ßuJy. « THOU waft a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with, ; and the thieviili jay Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing...
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The Port Folio, Volumes 5-6

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 844 pages
...into gtoom Of thickest shades, like Adam, after tastt Of prosci-ib'd, as to arefugc fled ! Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have, purloin 'd 166 167 The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close -folded latitude of...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 4

William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit progcrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play...might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vasthess at a gulp. But...
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The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on ..., Volume 4

William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play...jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The-auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine...
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Poems, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of hougbs And all thine embryo rastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath...
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The Augustan review, Volume 2

710 pages
...might with reverence kneel and worship thee. Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes miaht play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have pqrloin'd The auburn uut that held thee, swallowing duwn Thy yet close fo^ed latitude of boughi And...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...age And, yet, this veteran of the forest, which had braved the inclemency of so many winters, was but a bauble once, a. cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and tlie thievish jay, Seeking her food, witb case might have purloined The auburn nut, that held thee,...
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The minor poems of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of bonghs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath...
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Poems, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jayi Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down...
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