 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 - 1842 - 162 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 pages
...; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, loose themselves at length In matted grass, that, with a livelier green, Betrays the secret of their sileat course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; But animated nature sweeter still ; To soothe... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the spirits which takes a man from himself, and chiefly...end exhaust the mind, and requires some interval» Nature inanimate displays sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming ae of white ; patriots and courtiers ; king 's friends...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was i Nature inanimate displays sweet sounds, But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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. Diminished to a boy— " Yon tall anchoring bark Diminished to her cock, her cock a buoy Almost too... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 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,...green, Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated Nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...distant floods ; or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain ; or of riUs, 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...voice Of neighbouring fountain ; or of rills, that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they faU Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted...livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds •; But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'rmg 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 human... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 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... | |
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