 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The livelong night:... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...mankind, than as they sometimes induce poets to compare them with the noiseless waterbrooks, which lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nod ;" where having satisfied myself that Cain's wife was the lion of the place, (being the mother... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...mankind, than as they sometimes induce poets to compare them with the noiseless waferbrooks, which ' lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nod ;" where having satisfied myself that Cain's wife was the lion of the place, (being the mother... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods ^ or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night. Nor these alone, whose notes Nice finger'd art must emulate in vain ; But cawing»rooks,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods ; or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as...ear.' Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night. Nor these alone, whose notes Nice finger'd art must emulate in vain ; But cawing rooks,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of riils that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming »s they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length...sweeter still, To 'sooth and satisfy the human ear. •3. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night. Nor these alone, whose notes... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 224 pages
...or on the softer voice Of neighb'rir.g fountain; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, ami, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves...silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds; Rural Sounds, as well as Rural Sights, delightful. J. NOR rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...or on the softer voice Of ndghb'rjig fountain; or of rills that slip Thuuigh th'ircl'-ft rock, «ud, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves...their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet rounds ; But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the human ear. 3 Ten thousand warblers... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds. But animated... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fell Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds. But animated... | |
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Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with... 
