 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1842 - 262 pages
...the relish of their souls. — AKENSID1B CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The Hermit. AT tne close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetful ness prove ; When nought but ftie torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...Washington's patriotism pervade the people, and the Republic, through all time, is mfc. THE HERMIT. 1 . At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove. 2. 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1843 - 222 pages
...of their souls.— AKENSID*. «':'• CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. , . . The Hermit. i IkT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, And naught but the nightingale's song in the grcve. "Twas... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1843 - 236 pages
...10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th ; that is, every other syllable. — Again, At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And the mortals the sweets of forge tfulness prove, And when nought but the torrent is heard on the hill,... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...Ida'iian queen — Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, whau the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness...the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symph onions, a hermit began: No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1844 - 334 pages
...sweet, sequestered vale. Its beauties grow upon me. What a spot is this to muse in at summer-tide ! " At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove." I am now in the middle of the narrow valley, and the deep hollow yonder, filled with water, and skirted... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...more To Mirth's enlivening strain ; For present pleasure soon is o'er, And all the past is vaiii.' ng had loved to hear. Not less picturesque arc the following passages, which instantly b forgetfulncss prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...relish those pure, delicious joys which embellish and gladden the life of man. The Hermit. BEATTIE. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rang symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself, or with nature, at war, He thought as a sage,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...and least of all, such change as they would bring us. LESSON CXXVIII. ' XV The Hermit. — BEATTIE. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his Ijarp rung symphonious, a hermit* began No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...the accent of the noun (as in the previous example) into that of the verb. THE HERMIT. DR. BEATTIE. AT the cl'ose of the da'y, when the ha'mlet is st'ill,...gr'ove ; 'Twas th'us, by the cave of the mountain af 'ar, While his harp rung sympho'nious, a Hermit be'gan ; No more with himse'lf or with na'ture at... | |
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AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove... 
