No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half... The Task - Pàgina 154per William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pàgines
...fupprefs'd. Pleafed with his folitude, and flitting light From fpr^y to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes v From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the. wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs accompanied with founds fo foft Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pàgines
...fupprefs'd: Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refls he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pàgines
...in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accnmpany'd with founds fo foft, Channs more than filence. Meditation here, May think down hours to moments. Here the heart, May give an ufefal leflbn to the head, And learning, wifer grow without his books. Knowledge and wifdom, far... | |
| William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pàgines
...fupprefs'd : Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the whher'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pàgines
...fapprefs'd Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he rcfts he (hakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pàgines
...fupprefs'dj Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filencc. Meditation here May think down... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray,...twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither' d leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pàgines
...fupprefsM s Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fliakcs From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
| John Stoddart - 1801 - 402 pàgines
...redbreast warbles still ; but is content With slender notes and more than half supprest Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests, he shaks From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. • Stillness,... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pàgines
...warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress*d : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray,...think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far... | |
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