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...sterile corn-fields near the sea, gives to the bugloss a prominent place : — . " Rank weerU which every art and care defy Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; — Here poppies,...

...neighbouring poor; From thence a length of bunting sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered Lincoln thirties stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the rapped infant threaten war ; There poppies nodding,...

...rhyme ? "n poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtles round your ruin'd shed ? "n their light tales your weighty griefs o'erpower, Or...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bug loss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves...

...appears. Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; There thistles stretch their prickly arms afir, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil. There the blue buglose paints the sterile soil : Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her...

...ILLUSTRATIONS. " Rank weeds, which every art and care defy Reigu o'er the land, and rob the blighted eye ; Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; Here poppies nodding, mock the hopes of toil, Here the blue bugloss paints ihe sterile soil; Hardy,...

...appears. Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; There thistles stretch their prickly arms afir, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of (oil, There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil : Hardy and high, above the slender shenf, The...

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...been described by the poet himself, in lines to whose force and minuteness nothing can be added : " Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grow-n...blighted rye. There thistles stretch their prickly arms afer, And to the ragged infant threaten war -, There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There...

...description of the district in the poem which is supposed to represent his native town, Aldeburgh : — Lo ! where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er,...defy Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted rye. The salt marshes near the sea are said to yield rich pasturage, and this one would infer from their...