 That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books.  Poems - Page 170by William Cowper - 1808Full view - About this book
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...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...Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath... | |
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...drops of ice, •* That tinkle in the wither'd leare• below. " Stilness, accompanied with &o»nd» so soft, " Charms more than silence. Meditation here...down hours to moments. Here the «' heart " May give «n useful lesson to the head, " And Learning wiser grow without his book." Sir Charles affectionately... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That Uuklc in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart Slay give a useful lesson to the head, ADil Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom,... | |
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...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...Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here th« heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his oooks. Knowledge... | |
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...rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In... | |
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...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...lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his bocks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1821 - 246 pages
...shakes VoL. ii. P From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lessou to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...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...lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. THE FROZEN SHOWER. Phillip*. ERE yet the clouds let fall the treasur'd snow, Or winds began... | |
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...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...lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1822 - 110 pages
...Task : No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. Stillness, accompanied with sounds like these, Charms more than silence. Meditation here, May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Returning through the Shrubbery,... | |
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