 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
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off cuiiew 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 320 pages
...with solemn roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will sit, Where gloWiug embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To hless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swi inging slow with sull if the air will not per llen roar j Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed...midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice-LTcat Hermes, ur unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfen sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or if the...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...was called curfeu, Fr. couvre-feu, that is, cover-fire. See the Glossary tp Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the...all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, 75 80 Chaucer. And the two following lines, with the frequent alliteration of the letter s, inimitably... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, H ench Ofthat forgetful lake benumb not still, That...native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse. W bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824 - 510 pages
...with solemn roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed plnce will fit, Where Blowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 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...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... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...cloud. Oft on a plat of rising• gro-jnd I hear the far--off curfew sound, Over some wide-wnter'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth. Or the bellmau's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
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