 Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.  The Task - Pàgina 10per William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1833 - 684 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and chiming us they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In malted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course/' Nor are his descriptions of the ideal loveliness of the moral world less remarkable. He was at home... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the...sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night :... | |
 | J. Macray - 1830 - 96 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pehbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the...employs sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter Riill, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warhlers cheer the day, and one The livelong... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pàgines
...chiming as they fall •sif) Upon loose pebbles', lose themselves at length In matted grass', thaf , with a livelier green', Betrays the secret of their...silent course\ Nature inanimate. employs sweet sounds' ; lint animated nature sweeter slid' ; To sooth and satisfy the human ear\ 9 Ten thousand warblers... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent coarse. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the...day, and one The livelong night : nor these alone, wTiose notes Nice-fingered art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pàgines
...fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature...ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one 200 The livelong night; "nor these alone, whose notes Nice-fingcr'd Art must emulate in vain, But cawing... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pàgines
...vain; each have their peculiar inhabitants, that enliven the scene and please the philosophic eye. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night ; nor these alone, whose notes Nice-finger'd art must emulate in vain ; But cawing rooks and kites that swim sublime In still repeated... | |
 | 1835 - 802 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon toose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the...sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night :... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pàgines
...Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the...sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night ;... | |
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