 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
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pàgines
...winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike 185 The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, 12 Striking the ground with sinuous trace. Par. Lost, vii. 481. 13 Htec placuit semel, et decies repetita... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pàgines
...winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike 185 The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, 11 Striking the ground with sinuous trace. Par. Lost, vii. 481. 13 Htec placuit semel, et decies npetita... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pàgines
...days. He loved to hear the roar of " 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pàgines
...Mighty winds, Of ancient growth, make music, not unlike That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, Unnumbei'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all at once. Nor less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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 fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 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 of ocean on his winding thore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, Unnnmber'd branches waving in the blast, And all... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pàgines
...winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike 185 The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through... | |
 | 1841 - 646 pàgines
...and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds That sweep the *kirt of tome far spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash...shore, And lull the spirit, while they fill the mind, Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fs«t fluttering, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | 1841 - 644 pàgines
...they fill the mind, Unnumbered branchée wnviug 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 neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming os they fall Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pàgines
...winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike 185 The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through... | |
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