 Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with...  The London Quarterly Review - Page 2901811Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they full Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length 1 In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar; paler some, And of a wannish... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate, employs sweet sounds, But animated... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountains, or of hills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rilh that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they Łall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that .with a livelier green. Bttrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fell Upon loose pehhles, lose themselves at length ' In matted grass, that...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...green, Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
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