Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore... The Task - Pàgina 10per William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 pàgines
...tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, ;: f/, .... I That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading woqd (i Of ancient growth, make music not unlike, The dash...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the' mind ; I'nnumber'd branches waving in the blast, • 1 And all their leaves fast ilutt'ring, all at once... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pàgines
...delightful. The tone oflaiiguid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading Wood • Of ancient growth, make music, not unlike The dash...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, TJnnumber'd branches waving in the blast, . — And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all at once. 2.... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbgr'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreadm- wood Of ancient growth, make music, not unlike The dash...of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit whilo they fill the mind, Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast. And all their leaves fast fluttering... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 pàgines
...they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once, Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far -spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash...branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash...branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fastflutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind. Hid. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then, that health and virtue, gifts That... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skin of some far-spreading -wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on hie winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pàgines
...That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make musie, not unlike The dash nt ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the inind, '•-,• Upnumbcr'd branches waving in (he blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all... | |
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