 But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles, screaming loud, The jay, the pie, and e'en the boding owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 4191882Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 516 pages
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather-house, that useful toy ! Fearless of... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 597 pages
...owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.1 MOVEMENT AND ACTION THE LIFE OF NATURE.— BOOK I. By ceaseless action all that is subsists.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872
...owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Like a coy maiden, ease, when courted most, Farthest retires — an idol, at whose shrine Who oftenest... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 264 pages
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Peace to the artist, whose ingenious thought Devised the weather-house, that useful toy ! Fearless... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for mo. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubble Con-pa-. — Born 1731, Died 1800. loSo.— FROM "CONVERSATION." The emphatic speaker dearly loves... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874
...205 That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought 210 Devised the Weatherhouse, that useful toy ! Fearless... | |
 | Léon Boucher - 1874 - 437 pages
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. prodiges, du tremblement de terre de Sicile, par exemple, c'est dans une intention religieuse, ce n'est... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874
...205 That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought aio Devised the Weatherhouse, that useful toy ! Fearless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Peace to the artist, whose ingenious thought 210 Devised the weather-house, that useful toy ! Fearless... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - English literature - 1876
...owl That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet n, He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Your hope to please him vain on every plan, Hims freedom of this versification, and the admirable variety of pause and cadence, must strike the most... | |
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