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" Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.  "
The Poetical Works of Akenside and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each - Page 92
by Mark Akenside - 1878
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...fa r *CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECESSECTION I. The, hermit. AT the close of the day, when the hamjet is And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought but the torrent is bcrril on the hi/J, And nought but the nightingale's song in thegrav. 'Twas thus, by the cave of the...
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant ...

Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...or evil, «r conceal'd — Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. The Hermit.. BY DR. BEATTIE. AT the close of the day when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove 5 When nought but the torrent, is heard on the hill ; And nought but the nightingale's song in the...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...awful charms ; But more resistless far th' Idalian queen— Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is st '' , And mortals the sweets of forge tfiUness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces of Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...plan ; And form to his, the relish of their souls. — AKENSIDB. CHAP. V PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The hermit At the close of the day, when the hamlet...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No...
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...pathetic pieces. SECTION 1. The Hermit. 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, -jAnd mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove: 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began < No more...
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, John Walker - Children - 1826 - 314 pages
...conceptions ; act upon his plan ; And form to his, the relish of their souls. AKEKSIDE. CHAPTER V. SECTION 1. The Hermit. . AT the close of the day, when the hamlet...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ...

Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...; Then in the scale of life and sense, 'tis plain There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man. 7. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove, And the toils and the cares of the daylight are o'er ; How solemn the thoughts that the future explore...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...plan ; And form to bis, the relish of their souls. — AKENSIDE. CHAP. V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The hermit. • At the close of the day, when the...When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, * •- ad nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : "Fwas thus by the caVe of the mountain afar,...
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The First Lines of English Grammar: Being a Brief Abstract of the Author's ...

Goold Brown - English language - 1826 - 122 pages
...first foot of au anapaestic line, may be an iambus ; as, At the close | 5f th« day | when the ham|ia is still, And mor|tals the sweets | of forget|fulness...nought | but the nightingale's song | in the grove. 4. In Dactylic verse the stress is laid on the first, the fourth, the seventh, and the tenth syllable....
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The Hermit. * 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, J\. And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And bought but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While...
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