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
| Elbridge Gerry Paige - 1845 - 182 pàgines
...that when he returns to his employer below, he doesn't recommend you in the highest terms. TEXT. — ' Meditation here, May think down hours to moments — here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning grow wiser without his books.' My friends — did you ever... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pàgines
...warbles still, but is content Whh slender notes, and more than harf suppress'd: ' . Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting- light From spray to spray,...accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silehce. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart Have ofttimes no connexion.... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pàgines
...warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pàgines
...With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd; Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light Prom spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many...of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Charms more than silence. Meditation here Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, May think down... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 950 pàgines
...the voices of heaven to shepherds watching their flocks by moonlight. • Stillness, accompanied by sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moment*. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pàgines
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half suppress'd. Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes SO From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness accompanied... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pàgines
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed Pleased' with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
| George Mogridge - 1851 - 190 pàgines
...warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress' d ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That twinkle in the wither' d leaves below.' " " Lawrence is half dressed by... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pàgines
...northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the • May 've a useful lesson to the head, And learning ' ri (Ic grow without his books, Knowledge and... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 796 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,...wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds BO soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart... | |
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