I view the embattled tower Whence all the music. I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle in soft musings as I tread The walk, still verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof... Poems - Page 151by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...glade. The roof, though moveable through all it's length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent...is content With slender notes, and more than half supprcss'd: Pleas'd with his solitude, and Hitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though movcable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spay, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, 70 Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, 70 Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...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... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The rnof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hmders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes and more than half suppress'd.... | |
| Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...crocus, enamelled in yellow and purple honours, boldly peeps above the earth's hardened surface. " No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...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,... | |
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