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
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread brauches overarch the glade. The roof, though movable 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... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 616 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - 556 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...path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders though:. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 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... | |
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...fall 16 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd; Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light Prom spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though movable I", hie solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...though moveable through all iu length Af the wind sways it, bas yet well sufficed, Ana, intereepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept...than half suppressed; Pleased with his solitude, and ftitting light From spray to spay, where'er he rests he shakes l prom many a twig Ihr pemisnt drop*... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its length AJ> the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, Ana, ms, and meadows under water, have given to the summer...to tell you that we are well, and often make you o Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give... | |
| George Mogridge - 1851 - 190 pages
...deserves to be called lazy Lawrence." " After a slight rain, a hoar-frost makes the hedge beautiful. ' The red-breast warbles still, 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... | |
| William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...well suffic'd, 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...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
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