 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...Praise justly due to those that I describe. 180 Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhiljratc the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'riug, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The da»h of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
 | 1835 - 802 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore. And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbcr'tl branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbcr'd branches waving on the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...Mighty winds. That sweep the skirl of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore. And lull the spirit while Ihey fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving on the blast. And all their leaves fast fluU'ring,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote. Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily l3, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, 12 Striking the ground with sinuous trace. Par. Lost, vii. 481. 13 Htec placuit semel, et decies repetita... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...due to those that I describe. 180 Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit u, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind, 11 Striking the ground with sinuous trace. Par. Lost, vii. 481. 13 Htec placuit semel, et decies npetita... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood, . Of ancient growth, make music, not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all at once. 2 Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods ; or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...thine. Excursion, p. 142. Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 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... | |
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And... 
