 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 Cowper - 1850 - 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 pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...though moveable through all iu length Af the wind sways it, bas yet well sufficed, Ana, intereepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept...than half suppressed; Pleased with his solitude, and ftitting light From spray to spay, where'er he rests he shakes l prom many a twig Ihr pemisnt drop*... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...glade. The roof, though movable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, And, around the P hie solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its length AJ> the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed, Ana, ms, and meadows under water, have given to the summer...to tell you that we are well, and often make you o Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1851 - 190 pages
...deserves to be called lazy Lawrence." " After a slight rain, a hoar-frost makes the hedge beautiful. ' The red-breast 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... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...glade. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...glade. Tho roof, though moveable through all its length As the wind sways it, has yet well sufHc'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, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...The roof, though moveable through all its lengtb 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 suppress' d ; Pleased with his aolitude, and flitting light Prom spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 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 suppress'd ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
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