 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.  Land: Its Attractions and Riches - Page 94edited by - 1892 - 910 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...fupprefs'd. Pleab'd with his folitude, and flitting light, From fpray to fpray, where'er he r:lls, he fhakes, From many a twig, the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accnmpany'd with founds fo foft, Channs more than filence. Meditation... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...yet well sufEc'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 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... | |
 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...I was more than once reminded most fccibly of that beautifully descriptive passage, in the "ask : " The redbreast warbles still ; but is content With slender notes and more than half supprest Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests, he shaks... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - Irish fiction - 1801 - 312 pages
...suppress'd, Pleas'd with his solitudes, and flitting light, From spray to spray, shaking where'er he rests, From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompany'd by sounds to soft," charmed Jacintha even more than total... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 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... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...well suffic'd, ' ' intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 73 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...but is content With slender notes,, and more than hall' suppreso'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...yet well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, wherever he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 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 - 1811 - 228 pages
...well suffic'cly And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'ii: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...Witt slender notes, and more than half suppres't: Pleas'd with his solitude ; and flitting light f 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. p »«•«*****».. » ^ -Rills that... | |
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