| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they full Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length 1 In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate, employs sweet sounds, But animated... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountains, or of hills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live long night : nor these alone, whose notes Nice fingered art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rilh that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they £all Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that .with a livelier green. Bttrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...once.' r Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or ou the softer voice Of neighh'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fell Upon loose pehhles, lose themselves at length ' In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Ttf«- less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft...sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the hmn. in ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night:... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...Nor less composure wails upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft...nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the human car. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one 200 The livelong night: nor these alone, whose notes... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft...sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night.... | |
| 1811 - 566 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through ihe cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...green Betrays the secret of their silent course.' It is consistent with this habit of mind that our author should evince little relish for the sentimental.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...all at once. X T or less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods ; or on the softer voice Oi neighb'rmg fountain; or of rills that slip Through...the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose prbbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that, with a livelier green, B -trays the secret... | |
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