 To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 71by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Child rearing - 1850 - 310 pages
...pursuits of the Avorld. Providence, RI SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, Slowly to trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that...trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock which never needs a fold, Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1850 - 266 pages
...the visitor need not go beyond the vicinity of Dilston Hall for solitudes, in which he is invited " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...Where things that own not man's dominion dwell." And when this stream is swollen by floods, and its waters rush impetuously through their channel, fretting... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to must; o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's...scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, Aud mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild... | |
 | Robert Baird - Canada - 1850 - 428 pages
...the effect of giving much greater depth to the general business of the mother country. CHAPTER XII. "To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene; This ia not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and Yiew her stores unrolled."... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1850 - 238 pages
...in rhyme ; as, 3. An adverh is oftenadmittedhetweenthe verh and to, tne sign of the infinitive ; as, To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell ; To slowly trace the forest's shady sce.ies. VII. A common poetic license consists in employing or and nor instead of either and neither... | |
 | Robert Baird - Canada - 1850 - 332 pages
...the effect of giving much greater depth to the general business of the mother country. CHAPTER IV. ' To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady sceue ; This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled."... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, iWith the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1851 - 570 pages
...disappear, like the buffaloes in America. 'Tis pleasant to linger and loiter amid scenes like these : To sit on rocks to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been, To climb the fraciless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold, This is not solitude ;... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1851 - 264 pages
...in his " Faery Queen ;" and when used sparingly, and with judgment, occasions an agreeable variety. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To clirnl^he trackless trountain all unseen, With fne wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...Nose put his spectacles on, By day-light or candle-light — Eyes should be shut. COWPEH.1 SOLITUDE. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; 1 William Cowper I1731-1 800) was born at Berkhampstead, in Hertfordshire. Of a naturally feeble... | |
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