 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 - 1839 - 554 pages
...their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hmders 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. VOL. II.— H 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 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...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...well snffic'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...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 - 1842 - 162 pages
...well suffic'd, 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...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppreis'd : Fleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | 1842 - 858 pages
...content With slender notes, and more than half-suppressed ; Pleased with his solitude, and Hitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendant draps. — Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give я useful leison... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1842 - 166 pages
...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 shakes 60 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness,... | |
 | 1843 - 488 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...still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half-suppress'd ; Pleased with his solitude and flitting light From spray to spray, wiiere'er he rests... | |
 | Charles Cowden Clarke - Children's literature - 1843 - 264 pages
...following lines, and asked him if he understood them, and whether he did not think them very pretty : — " The redbreast warbles still, but is content, With slender notes, and more than half .suppress' d: Pleas'd with his solitude, and Hitting light From apray to spray, where'er he rests,... | |
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