 Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence.  Poems - Page 161by William Cowper - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...glade. The roof, though moveable through all its length, As the wind sways it, has yet well sudic'd, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...is content With slender notes, and more than half supprest, Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray ; where'er he rests, he... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...glade. The roof, though movable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slendernotes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppresa'd: Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...The roof, though mpveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hmders thought. The red-breast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half... | |
 | John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - Critics - 1824 - 500 pages
...remarks on the same bird which dictated to Cowper the following lines:— ' . * . - . * i ' * , , , The red-breast warbles still, but is content * . . With slender notes and more than halt suppress'd. Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light F' em spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...The roof, though moveablo through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well snffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No-noise is here, or none that hinders thought The red-breast warbles still, but is content With... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought The red-breast warbles still, but is content With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...The roof, though mpveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well suflic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd ; Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes,...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied... | |
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