 Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or...  Man's First Estate and High Revolt: A Poem in Two Parts - Page 158by Zenas Campbell - 1829 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by reftraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides Tending to wiWe. Thou therefore now advife Or hear what to my mind firft thoughts prefent,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...flood) on thoft From whom it fprung ; impoflible to mix With blejjednefs. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wildernefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 472 pages
...flood) on thofe From whom it fprung ; impoflible to mix With ble/ednefs. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, • Tending to wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wildernefs... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...han<Js Aid us, the work under our labour grows Luxurious by reflraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. Thou therefore now advife, Or bear what to my mind firft thoughts prefect... | |
 | 1801 - 326 pages
...flood) on thofe From whom itjprung; importable to mix With lle/ednefs. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to -wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wildernefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 458 pages
...flood) on thofe From whom hjprung ; impoffible to mix With ble/cdncft. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tendmg to wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but onr joint hands Will keep from wildernefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...flood) on thofe From whom itjfrrung ; impofiible to mix With bh/ednefs. - What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to •wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wildernefs... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With bUtsedneti. i -' What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to •;•;;;'./. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hand* Will keep from... | |
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