Take to thy bosom, gentle earth, a swain
With much hard labor in thy service worn!
He set the vines that clothe yon ample plain,
And he these olives that the vale adorn.
He fill'd with grain the glebe; the rills he led
Through this green herbage, and those fruitful bowers;
Thou, therefore, earth! lie lightly on his head,
His hoary head, and deck his grave with flowers.
More verses by William Cowper
- Elegy I. To Charles Deodati (Translated From Milton)
- Elegy V. Anno Aet. 20. On The Approach Of Spring (Translated From Milton)
- By Heraclides
- On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Him Sold At The Author's Instance
- Love Constrained To Obedience