 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...fupprefs'd. Pleafed with his folitude, and flitting light From fpr^y to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes v From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the. wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs accompanied with founds fo foft Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...fupprefs'd: Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refls he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...fupprefs'd : Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the whher'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...fapprefs'd Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he rcfts he (hakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...fupprefs'dj Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fhakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filencc. Meditation here May think down... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...fupprefsM s Pleas'd with his folitude, and flitting light From fpray to fpray, where'er he refts he fliakcs From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...suppress'd: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a 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... | |
 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...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...accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence," At this time, Mrs. and the Miss Madays set off, to proceed directly southward, by the Spi:tle of Glenshee.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...suppress*d : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle...here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom,... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below....down hours to moments. Here the heart, 85 May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far... | |
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The redbreast 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 he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice That tinkle in the... 
