 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 - 1830 - 328 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 suppress'tl : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 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, and flitting light From spray to spay, where'er he rests he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pagina’s
...red-breast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed: Pleas 'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the peudeut drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pagina’s
...well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness accompanied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pagina’s
...well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 75 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness accompanied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 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 suppress'^; Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 pagina’s
...frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The red breast warbles still, but is content 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 - 1837 - 534 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... | |
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