 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 - 1832 - 602 pages
...well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. s it bound. It is the abject property of most, That,...lower than they need. They know not what it is to f spay, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent /lakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...With slender notes, and more than half suppressed: Pleas 'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...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...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 - 1835 - 406 pages
...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...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 - 1836 - 416 pages
...well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...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 - 1836 - 402 pages
...well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...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 - 1836 - 404 pages
...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 shakes 80 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness accompanied... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...crocus, enamelled in yellow and purple honours, boldly peeps above the earth's hardened surface. " No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...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,... | |
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