...and blots the dreary ground. In vain warm Spring demands her robe of green, No sheltering hedge -rows vivify the scene ; O'er its grey breast no undulating...unvaried line, The cheerless field, — where slowly wandering feed The lonely cow, and melancholy steed, Expos'd abide the summer's ardent breath, And...

...the mine, and blots tlie dreary ground. In vain warm Spring demands her robe of green, No sheltering hedge-rows vivify the scene ; O'er its grey breast...unvaried line, The cheerless field, — where slowly wandering feed The lonely cow, and melancholy steed, Expos'd abide the summer's ardent breath, And...

...the mine, and blots the dreary ground. In vain warm Spring demands her robe of green, No sheltering hedge-rows vivify the scene ; O'er its grey breast...unvaried line, The cheerless field, — where slowly wandering feed The lonely cow, and melancholy steed, Expos'd abide the summer's ardent breath, And...

...the scene ; O'er its grey breast no undulating trees With lavish foliage court the lively breeze 5 But from the Moor the rude stone walls disjoin, With...angle sharp, and long unvaried line, The cheerless field,—where slowly wandering feed The lonely cow, and melancholy steed, Expos'd abide the summer's...

...bare, monotonous and pale. Or again, in lines which show how completely devoid she was of humour : — But from the moor the rude stone walls disjoin, With angle sharp and long unvaried lino. The cheerless field — where slowly wandering feed The lonely cow and melancholy steed. Then...