 Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the...  THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES - Page 697by R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885Full view - About this book
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...an end At hia own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. Ti> pleasant, through the loopholes of retre-.t. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates. At a safe distance, where the dying sound Fall« a soft murmur on th' uninjured... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep et such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 506 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair an end At his own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjured... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with hia hair on end At hjs own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. T is pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where tbe dying sound Falls a soft mnrmur on th' uninjur'd... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjur'd... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...submarine exploits, And K&terfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and fav'rite airs, jEtherial journeys, submarine exploits, 85 To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
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