| Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...above the earth's hardened surface. " No noise is here, or none that hinders 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hmders 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... | |
| 1840 - 368 pages
...has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. VOL. II.— H 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes,...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 with sounds... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...frequent (lakes, 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 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... | |
| 1842 - 858 pages
...content With slender notes, and more than half-suppressed ; Pleased with his solitude, and Hitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant draps. — Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give я useful leison... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 166 pages
...red-breast warbles still, but 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 shakes 60 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness,... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...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 slender notes, and more than half suppreis'd : Fleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
| 1843 - 488 pages
...than half-suppress'd ; Pleased with his solitude and flitting light From spray to spray, wiiere'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. " As to... | |
| Charles Cowden Clarke - 1843 - 264 pages
...asked him if he understood them, and whether he did not think them very pretty : — " The redbreast warbles still, but is content, With slender notes, and more than half .suppress' d: Pleas'd with his solitude, and Hitting light From apray to spray, where'er he rests,... | |
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