 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 Shorter - 1861 - 438 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...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppresa'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - Biology - 1861 - 446 pages
...vault is blue, Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below. 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 he... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 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 - Poetry - 1864 - 454 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 suppressM ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1864 - 622 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though moveable re is yet a liberty unsung By poets, and by senators...cannot grant, nor all the power Of larth and hell suppress'd. Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches over-arch the glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length, As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, 70 And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - 352 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. The roof, though movable through all its length, As the wind sways it, has...but is content With slender notes and more than half suppress'd. Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, whene'er he rests he... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American poetry - 1885 - 446 pages
...verdant under oaks and elms, Whose outspread branches over-arch the glade. The roof, though movable 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... | |
 | English periodicals - 1889 - 570 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms Whose outspread branches overarch the glade : The roof, though movable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet...still, but is content With slender notes, and more than halfsuppressed ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1889 - 524 pages
...verdant, under oaks and elms Whose outspread branches overarch the glade: The roof, though movable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And, intercepting in their eilen t fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought.... | |
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