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... The Task: A Poem - Strana 12podľa William Cowper - 1842 - Počet stránok 150Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 438
...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...all at once. Nor less composure' waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the... | |
| 1802 - Počet stránok 302
...which, daily view'd, Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of year*. Praise justly due to those that I describe. 180 Nor...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - Počet stránok 350
...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...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 234
...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 ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 300
...wind?, •That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of anciettf growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fit! the mind; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all ar... | |
| British poets - 1809 - Počet stránok 526
...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 fluti riujr, all at once. Ttf«- less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - Počet stránok 262
...Mighty winds. That sweep the skirt of some far spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music, ntH unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 494
...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...fast flutt'ring, all at once. *• Nor less composure wails upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - Počet stránok 228
...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...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the... | |
| 1811 - Počet stránok 566
...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...while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving on the blast, And all their leaves fast fluu'ring, all at once— Nor less composure waits upon the... | |
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