 | George Bush - Bible - 1842 - 240 pages
...within the precincts of our faith for fear of a mental insurrection. Thus the dreary bird of night -" does to the moon complain Of such as wandering near her secret bowers, Molest her ancient solitary reign." But surely it will be conceded that Truth is at all times... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1842 - 240 pages
...within the precincts of our faith for fear of a mental insurrection. Thus the dreary bird of night -" does to the moon complain Of such as wandering near her secret bowers, Molest her ancient solitary reign." . But surely it will be conceded that Truth is at all times... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does...her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tiuklings lull the distant folds : Save that shocked, to hear such priuciplcs confessed ; to hear...My lords, I did not intend to encroach so much on y tury. His works are still preserved, and his шошогу held in high veneration among bis countrymen.... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...tinklings lull the distant folds ; 3 Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl docs to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her...secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. 4 Beneath those ragged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in inan}ra mouldering heap,... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 598 pages
...valley below." " So I thought it did just now, Schutz, when you left me ; like the lone owl, who did to the moon complain of such as wandering near her secret bower molest her ancient solitary reign." Gustavus turned a reproachful glance on Tellis. " 1 assure you, Schutz, I did think it so bright, that... | |
 | T B. M - 1844 - 274 pages
...Churchyard," has drawn a fine picture of this solemn bird, and its appropriate place of retreat : — • " From yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping Owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign." When the dusk comes on, away it... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...where the heetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tiuklings lull the distant folds : Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret hower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does...her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Gosse (Alden, p. 73) says of it: In the nineteenth century both aba bg and aba b4 are much used. Longfellow... | |
 | Claude J. Summers - English literature - 1992 - 234 pages
...where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does...her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
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Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the... 
