Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. The Romance of Natural History - Pagina 20door Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 372 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pagina’s
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half sappress'd , Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a (wig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with... | |
| Melcombe lodge - 1819 - 262 pagina’s
...flakes, has kept a path for me. " No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. «' The rcd-brcast warbles still, but is content " With slender notes, and more than half supprest ; " Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light ''From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pagina’s
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought The...is content With slender notes, and more than half sup press' d: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pagina’s
...silent fall The/requent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thonght. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender...notes, and more than half suppress'd; Pleased with his solitnde, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pagina’s
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pagina’s
...well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed : Pleased with his solitude, apd flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pagina’s
...thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed ; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes VoL. ii. P From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness,... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pagina’s
...yet well sudic'd, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought ; The...is content With slender notes, and more than half supprest, Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray ; where'er he rests, he... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pagina’s
...thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half snppressM : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withcr'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 pagina’s
...well sufficed, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slendernotes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray... | |
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