 The reader shall judge: • O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sophistries, Its glossy leaves. • Below, a circling fence,...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 3461800Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800
...Robert Southey. This is an imitation of- some of our older poets, and contains many of their fault*. The reader shall judge: ' O Reader! hast thou ever...intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sopliistries. Its glossy leaves ' Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen, No... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1799 - 300 pages
...attempted to call, Bishop Bruno fell dead in the palace hall. BSY . The HOLLY TREE. By ROBERT SOUTHEY. I. O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheists sophistries, II.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 pages
...concludes be fulfilled!*—But the little he has done of true and sterling excellence, is overloaded by * " O reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 pages
...be fulfilled! *—But the little he has done of true and sterling excellence, is overloaded by * " O reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1823
...saw the people burst their double chain, VOL. II. And ye had joy in Heaven ! 1798. THE HOLLY TREE. O READER ! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pages
...and sees them scatter и he Auspicious Heaven beholds us, and coa Revisits earth ! THE HOLLY TREE. О ir course, to regulate it now. Thus dream they, and contrive to save a Go¿l The incumbr perce Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence «o wise, As might confound the atheist's sophist!... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 408 pages
...thou ever stood to see The holly-tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Ordered by an Intelligence so wise, As might confound the atheist's sophistries. Below a circling fence its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827
...blank and drear ; With it, the joys of Eden bloom again. SOUTHEY. THE HOLLY TREE. UI; i .Ani: ii 1 hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves Order'd by an intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | George Johnston - 1829
...spinous, while the upper ones are entire, a fact which has not escaped the notice of our poet SOUTHEST : " O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly Tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves, Order'd by an Intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1830 - 480 pages
...strong sharp spines. This difference in the foliage has not escaped the notice of our Poet Southey; " O reader! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves; Order'd by an Intelligence so wise, As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.... | |
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