 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 - 1826 - 242 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,...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 - 1826 - 242 pages
...voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fell Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds. But animated... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...neighb'ring fountain* ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock', and', chiming as they fall (3i f) Upon loose pebbles', lose themselves at length In...green', Betrays the secret of their silent course*. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds' ; But animated nature sweeter sttif ; To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 pages
...voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the deft rock, and, chiming as they f«B Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length , In matted grass, that, with a livelier green, Betray* tie secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; But animated nature... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...softer voice Of hcighb'ring fountain ; or of rills th.it slip Through the cleft rock, and, chirfiing as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at...green, . Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; Hut animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy the... | |
 | 1833 - 684 pages
...Through the cleft rock, and chiming us they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In malted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course/' Nor are his descriptions of the ideal loveliness of the moral world less remarkable. He was at home... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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,...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neigbb'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 coarse. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy... | |
 | J. Macray - 1830 - 96 pages
...fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pehbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter Riill, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
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