 Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom : Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath...  The Recreations of Christopher North [pseud.] - Pagina 268door John Wilson - 1852 - 307 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 pagina’s
...beginning of this month, to forward the growth of the herbage. Such a one is thus described : — Gradaul sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a...quiver, through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many twinkle leaves Of aspen tall. At last The clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 pagina’s
...as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life, but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope, and every joy, The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the...perfect calm, that not a breath Is heard to quiver thro' the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall. Th' uncurling floods,... | |
 | James Thomson, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 408 pagina’s
...gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, x The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the breeze m Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, i Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall. Th' uncurling floods, diffus'd In glassy... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pagina’s
...not a wrinkle ruffles her smooth face. Dryden. Calm as deep rivers in still evenings roll. Blackmore. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm; that not a breath Is heard to quiver thro' the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall. The uncurling floods,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 312 pagina’s
...as wintry Storms on Mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the...woods, Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves Of Aspin tall. The' uncurling Floods, diffused In glassy breadth, seem through delusive lapse 160 Forgetful... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 404 pagina’s
...as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the...quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall. Th' uncurling floods, diffus'd In glassy breadth, seem through... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pagina’s
...of this month, to forward the growth of the young herbage. Such an one is thus described by Thomson. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm : that...rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves, Of aspen tall. At last In largo effusion, o'er the freshen'd world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1874 - 344 pagina’s
...quake And tremble like a leaf of aspen green." Thomson thus describes a perfect calm in nature :— " Not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many -twinkling leaves Of aspen tall." D No allusion is more beautiful than that by Scott in his "... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pagina’s
...THOMSON. Low waves the rooted forest, vex'd, and sheds What of its tarnish'd honours yet remain. THOMSON. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that...not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing wood. THOMSON. Her forests huge, Incult, robust, and tall, by nature's hand Planted of old. THOMSON.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pagina’s
...gentle, kind, And full of every hope, and every joy, The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the bre<«c s his fleecy care. Seeks freshest pasture, and the...purest air, Explores the lost, the wandering sheep dire many twinkling leaves Of aspin tall. Th' uncurling floods, diffus'd In glassy breadth, seem through... | |
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