 | 1847 - 662 sider
...tinges his verse, though not often, with hues of saddest melancholy, as in the poem beginning — " O ! happy shades, to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but...offers rest, And heart, that cannot rest, agree." The incidents of his life are familiar, and his fame, as a painter of nature, and as a poet inspiring... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 sider
...bello qui csesus humum semel ore momordit, Post ea non ullo Marte notandus erit. B. THE SHRUBBERY. 0н! happy shades — to me unblest! Friendly to peace,...not to me! How ill the scene that offers rest, And hearts that cannot rest, agree! This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quivering to... | |
 | 1843 - 822 sider
...us delight." "I know they are (replied Gervase), but know you not these words of the poet :" — " This glassy stream — that spreading pine, Those...mine, And please if anything could please ; " But fix'd unalterable care, Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1884 - 436 sider
...image receives." The umbrageous avenues of Weston Park are referred to in the touching lines : — " Oh ! happy shades, to me unblest ! Friendly to peace,...that offers rest And heart that cannot rest, agree ! " Eilwick Copse, about a mile north of Weston Park, is the scene of the " Needless Alarm " : —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 sider
...felt it. I9I THE SHRUBBERY. wRITTEN IN A TIME OP AFFLICTION. OH, happy shades — to me unbless'd ! Friendly to peace but not to me ! How ill the scene...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fix'd unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shews the same sadness every where, And... | |
 | 1847 - 668 sider
...often, with hues of saddest melancholy, as in the poem beginning — " O ! happy shades, to me unbleat ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...offers rest, And heart, that cannot rest, agree." The incidents of his life are familiar, and his fame, as a painter of nature, and as a poet inspiring... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 sider
...verses full of the deepest, saddest melancholy which ever oppressed a guiltless heart, beginning,— "Oh, happy shades, to me unblest ! Friendly to peace,...but not to me ! How ill the scene that offers rest, Aud heart, that cannot rest, agree." There, too, in the valley, but where it has freed itself from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 sider
...owner half divine. His censure reached them as he dealt it, A nd each by shrinking showed he felt it. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION. OH,...soothe a soul less hurt than mine, And please, if any thing could please. 3i MIS CKLL. \.\ri: CS POEJI 3. But fixed unalterable Care Foregoes not what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 sider
...they whom truth and wisdom lead, Can gather honey from a weed. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OP AFFLICTION. OH happy shades ! to me unblest, Friendly...soothe a soul less hurt than mine, And please, if any thing could please. But fixt unalterable care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 sider
...showed .he felt it. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OP AFFLICTION. OH, happy shades— to rne.unblest , Friendly to peace, but not to me. How ill the scene...spreading pine, Those alders quivering to the breeze, But fixed unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness every where,... | |
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OH, happy shades — to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree ! This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders, quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul less hurt... 
