 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
..."ask : " The redbreast warbles still ; but is content With slender notes and more than half supprest Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests, he shaks From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. • Stillness,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...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...twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...well suffic'd, ' ' intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 73 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...but is content With slender notes,, and more than hall' suppreso'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...glade. The rcof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, wherever he rests he... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
.....4-.„* The roof, though movahle through all it's lengthAs the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent...No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redhreast warhles still, hut is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd: Pleas'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...glade. The roof, though moveable through all its lengtk As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent...twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'cly And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'ii: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...may compare their manner of introducing the same picturesque object in the following passages : *' The red.breast warbles still, but is content With...with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to (pray, where'er he rests, he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...Witt slender notes, and more than half suppres't: Pleas'd with his solitude ; and flitting light f From spray to spray, where'er he rests he, shakes...twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. p »«•«*****».. » ^ -Rills that slip , Upon loose pebbles, lose themselvs... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...tcr walks have made those remarks on the same bird which dictated to Cowper the following lines: — The red-breast warbles still, but is content With...suppress'd. Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light 1'rom spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle... | |
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And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half... 
