 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
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...sombre and soothing as the religious feelings, with which its designation associates it, require. " Meditation here may think down hours to moments :...lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without its books." It is but the drawing of a curtain, and not only all the glitter of the adjoining splendour,... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...sombre and soothing as the religious feelings, with which its designation associates it, require. " Meditation here may think down hours to moments :...lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without its books." It is but the drawing of a curtain, and not only all the glitter of the adjoining splendour,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 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. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 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...Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the he May give a useful lesson to the head, 2 B 2 And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd Icares below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Heretheheart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledg-e... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Ibid. 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. Half-way up He built his house,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...rests he shakes •'rom many a twig the pendant drops of ice, "hat tinkle in the wither'd leaves below, stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here Vlay think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, kud learning... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silen -e. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart 85 May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms...here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart 85 May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom,... | |
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