 At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where...  The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell - Pàgina 341per Benjamin Morgan Palmer - 1875 - 614 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1795 - 466 pàgines
...and its vast concerns ? Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." A NEWSPAPER is so true a type of the caprice and levity of Englishmen, that it may be stilcd their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates. At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pàgines
...wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Palls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. ^Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 556 pàgines
...attends." TASK. '• Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world — to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd, To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls, a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pàgines
...wond'ring for his bread. *Tis pleasant, throngh tha loopholes of retreat, To peep at snch a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the ronr she sends throngh all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sonnd Falls... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1815 - 442 pàgines
...tides of the ocean. " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world — to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates. At a safe distance.'' In the morning all is calm,... | |
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