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" The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May.... "
Poems [ed. by J. Newton]. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of R. Westall - Page 224
by William Cowper - 1810
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Poems, with a memoir of the author

William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...hills. And where the woods fence off the northern bl.is;, The season smiles, resigning all its rage. And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The daazling splendour of the scene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale; And through the trees...
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Criticisms

John William Lester - English literature - 1848 - 112 pages
...inestimable worth ; but the chimes swelling out again in simple music will recall his thoughts : — Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view the embattled tower, Whence all the music. I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains,...
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Poetry for schools

Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...comes o'er the vale; And through the trees I view the embattled tow'r, Whence all the music. I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: Including the Copyright ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, 60 The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...scene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale, 65 What else but favour, [Trace, and mercy shone 1 " Par. Lott, x. 1094. * " Bestow a tear, nor think...
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Lectures on the English Poets

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1849 - 290 pages
...hills, And where the wood s fence oT the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning nil its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue, Without a cloud, and white v, ithout a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...vale ; And through the trees I view th' embattled tower, Whence all the music. 1 again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains, And settle...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, it ; how easily and genteelly I could have relaxed...phrase, and have cured the insufferable awkwardness Wow. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view th' embattled tower, Whence...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, ami white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below. Agai n the harmony comes o'er...
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The Wide, Wide World, Volume 1

Susan Warner - Children and death - 1852 - 366 pages
...acquisition. CHAPTER XXVII. The nigrht was winter in his roughest mood, The morning sharp and clear The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck Tbe dazzling splendour of the scene below. COWTIL "DEFORE Ellen's eyes were open the next morning—...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...the vale, And through the trees I view th' embattled tower, Whence all the music. I again perceive The soothing influence of the wafted strains ; And settle...
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