 Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder of the North. No forest fell, When thou wouldst build ; no quarry sent its stores T' enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2911831Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...applause, though more admir'd, :cause a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ! Thy most magnificent and mighty freak The wonder of the North. No forest fell When thou wouldlt build; no quarry sent its stores T" enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods, And make... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...applause, though more admir'd, Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ ! Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder...make thy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristaeus found Cjrreae, when he bore the plaintive tale Of his lost bees to her maternal ear : In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...applause, though more admired; Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ ! Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder...When thou wouldst build ; no quarry sent its stores To enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods, .. And make thy marble of the glassy wave. In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...applause, though more admired. Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad liuss! Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder...fell When thou wouldst build ; no quarry sent its store* To enrich thy walls; but thou didst hew the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave.... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...ICE. -No forest fell, Imperial mistress of the fui-clad Russ, When thou would st build — noquarry sent its stores T' enrich thy walls: but thou didst...the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave. Silently as a dreaai the fabric rose ; No sound of hammer or of saw was there : Ice upon ice, the well... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - 1807 - 382 pages
...at the distance of sixty paces* See page 89. No forest fell, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ, When thou wouldst build— no quarry sent its stores...the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave. Silently as a dream the fabric rose ; Ice upon ice the well adjusted parts Were soon conjoined ; nor... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...applause, though more admir'd, Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ ! Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder...make thy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristaeus found Cyrene, when he bore the plaintive talc Of his lost bees to her maternal ear : In such... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...freak, iso The wonder of the North. No forest fell, AVhen thou wouldst build ; no quarry sent it's stores, T enrich thy walls; but thou didst hew the...make thy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristaeus found Cyrene, when he bore the plaintive tale Of his lost bees to her maternal ear: In such... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...applause, though more admir'd, Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ, Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder of the North. No forest fell, When I hon wouldst build ; no quarry sent if s stores T' enrich thy walls: but thou didst hew the floods,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...applause, though more admir'd, Because a novelty, the work of man, Imperial mistress of the fur-clad Russ, Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder of the North. No forest fell, i thou wouldst build ; no quarry sentit'sstcrts T' enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods,... | |
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