 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...tinklings lull the distant folds ; 'Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, 'L he moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower, Mulest h« ancient solitary rcTgh. 'Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's tfiade, Wi.erc heaves... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 pages
...the night. DRYDKX. Imitated by Gray". Save where from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping awl doe* to the moon complain, Of such as wandering near her...secret bower. Molest her ancient, solitary reign. In the copy subjoined to Croma, " The lonely screech-owl groans," (Solaque culminibus, etc.) was altered... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...of the night. DRYDI.V Uhitated by Gray. Save where from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such as wandering near her...secret bower. Molest her ancient, solitary reign. ID the copy subjoined to Croma, " The lonely screech-owl groans," (Soiuque culminibui, &c.) was altered... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pages
...simplicity of sentiment and expression." 2. Save, that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such as wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. « If," says Mr. Wakefield, " one might venture to propose any alteration of such an admirable stanza,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...drowsy tinkliugs lull the distant folds: Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping oui does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancicni solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shad?, Where heaves the' turf in... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy -mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her...secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade. Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
 | sir Thomas Hugh Constable (1st bart.) - 1817 - 474 pages
...white owl is the constant tenant of the venerable ruins above described — From the ivy-mantled tower The moping owl doth to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower Molest her antient solitary reign. Phasianus Colchicus. The pheasant, till of late years, was hardly known in... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds -, Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. " Save that from yonder ivy.mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her...secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign." Lord Brougham — that universal genins — does not approve of these stanzas — and criticises them... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
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Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to... 
