 I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort...  The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins: Complete in ... - Page 1551867Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...ground I hear the far-off curfew sound. Over some wide watered shore Swinging slow with solemn roar t Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm* To bless the doors from nightly barm; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far off Curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air...removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the roonj, Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or if the air...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth; Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...fleecy cloud, Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-«ff curfen sound ; Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the door from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through theroMB Teach light to counterfeit a gloom ; Far from all...midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere . The spirit of Plato, to unfold... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water 5 d shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the...embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a glottin ; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off Curfew sound, Over some wide-watered short. Swinging slow with sullen roar r Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom j Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...ground, , I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still...resort of mirth, ; . Save the cricket on the hearth, I LECT. XL. DESCRIPTIVE POETRY. 155 Or 'the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nigthly... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. I hear the far-off curfeu sound, Over some wMe-water'd shore, 7f Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or. if the air will...place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room iTeach light to counterfeit a gloom; 80 Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth,... | |
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...that enchanting little picture, which beats all the cabinet portraits that have been produced ; — Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm. -But to attend to our fireside. The evening... | |
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