 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
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...slighted good, Is cause of half the poverty we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is. p. 193. 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... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...jrThey'll do awhile to sport upon, But not to love so fervently. ,'"' KNOWLEDGE. CONTRASTED WITH WISDOM. 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 oftimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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...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 - 1830 - 328 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 ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...rests he shake* 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 books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwell* In... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 more than silence. Meditation here May think down hoursto moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation her* May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May...lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwell* In heads... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...many a twig the peudeut drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompauied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours-to moments. Here the heart 85 May give a useful lesson to the head, 11* And learning wiser grow... | |
 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...proper and profitable to imitate. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart Mav give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. COWPPR. While the patriarch was exercised in religious contemplation, and probably the thoughts... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 432 pages
...conclude this section better than with another quotation, very beautifully adapted to the subject : Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here...lesson to the head ; And learning wiser grow without its books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells... | |
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