 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 sider
...courtier's gems may witness love — but 'tis na love like mine. R. BURNS THE SHRUBBERYWRITTEN Iff A TIME OF AFFLICTION OH, happy shades — to me unblest...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 332 sider
...between 'em. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION. H, happy shades — to me unblessed ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fixed unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And slights... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 290 sider
...prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of heav'n must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION. OH...This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quiv'ring to the breeze, Might soothe a soul less hurt than mine, And please, if anything could please.... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1873 - 568 sider
...own poems, that " our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." It bears the heading, " Written in a Time of Affliction :" "Oh, happy shades...offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree ! This grassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders, quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul less... | |
 | William Howitt - 1877 - 732 sider
...verses full of the deepest, saddest melancholy which ever oppressed a guiltless heart, beginning,— " Oh, happy shades, to me unblest! Friendly to peace,...that offers rest, And heart, that cannot rest, agree ! " There, too, in the valley, but where it has freed itself from the wood, is the rustic bridge, equally... | |
 | Charles Underwood Dasent - 1877 - 238 sider
...mountain-stream There was a little glade, where, underneath A long smooth mossy stone, a fountain rose." 22. "0 happy shades ! to me unblest ; Friendly to peace,...not to me ; How ill the scene that offers rest, And hearts that cannot rest, agree." 23. " There I suck the liquid air, All amidst the gardens fair, Of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 sider
...the land of light, And feel our sorrows ending In infinite delight. JOSEPH COTTLE: Onward and Upward. Oh happy shades ! to me unblest, Friendly to peace,...me, How ill the scene that offers rest, And heart lhat cannot rest, agree ! This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quivering to the breeze,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 sider
...censure reach 'd them as he dealt it, And each by shrinking show'd he felt it. THE SHBUBBEEY. WHITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION. OH, happy shades — to me...that spreading pine, Those alders, quivering to the Dreeze, Might soothe a soul less hurt than mine, And please, if any thing could please. But fix'd unalterable... | |
 | 1847 - 778 sider
...verses fall 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 rnlley, bnt wbere it has freed itself from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1883 - 274 sider
...thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine, And, since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. May 1793. THE SHRUBBERY. WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION. OH...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fix'd, unalterable Care, Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And... | |
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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... 
