| John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...Beattie. AT the clofe of the dav, when the har.ilet is ftiH, And mortals the fweets of forgetfulnefs prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the. grove: 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain afar, A Hermit his fong of the night thus... | |
| English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...BEATTIE. AT the clofe of the day, when the hamlet is Hill, And mortals the fweets of forgetfulnefs prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's foi>g in the grove. — 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain reclin'd, A hermit his nightly complaint... | |
| G. Pearch, Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1783 - 346 pages
...THE SAME. AT the clofe of the day, when the hamlet is fiill, And mortals the fweets of forgetfulnefs prove; "When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove : 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain reclin'd, A Hermit his nightly complaint... | |
| Humming bird - 1785 - 440 pages
...of forgetfulnef« prove, but the torrent is heard on the hill, iir.ifct ri^htio&ale'ifongin itegrore 'Twas thus/ by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung fymphonions a Hermit btja No more with himfclf or with nature at war, He thought as a fage, though... | |
| American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...declining age. AT the clofe of the day, when the hamlet is ftill, And mortals the fweets of forgetfulnefs prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove: 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain rcclin'd, ' A Hermit his nightly complaint... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...theclofe of the Jay, when the hamlet is uiil, ^^ And mortals thcf\vcetsof forgetfulnefs prove, «Vlien nought but the torrent is heard on the hill. And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove — Twas then, by the cave of the mountain rectTh'd, A Hermit his nightly complaint... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...But more resistlefs far th' Idalian queenSmiles, graces, gentlenefs, her only arms. ii J THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet...prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the Mil, And nought hut the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...Hermit. AT the clofc of the day, when the hamlet n ltill, And mortals the fweets of forget fulnefs prove; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove— 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain reclin'd, A hermit his nightly complaint... | |
| Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...HERMIT. AT the clofe of the day, when the hamlet is ftill, And mortals the fweets of forgetful nefs prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove — 'Twas then, by the cave of the mountain reclin'd, A HERMIT his nightly complaint... | |
| W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...HERMIT. AT the cldfe of the day, when the hamlet is ftill, And mortals the fweets of forgetfulnefs prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's fong in the grove; • 'Twas then, by the cave of a mountain reclin*d, A Hermit his nightly complaint... | |
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