 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 276 sider
...distant floods ; or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the deft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,...livelier green, Betrays the secret of their silent courae. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; But animated nature sweeter still, To sooth and satisfy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 sider
...and, chiming as they fall J Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that, will) a livelier green, Betrays the secret of their silent...ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night. Nor these alone, whose note* Nice finger'd art must emulate in vain ; But cawing rooks,... | |
 | 1840 - 342 sider
...a lake around. So shallow, the tiny fish are seen sporting among the emerald herhnge heneath, and " Lose themselves at length In matted grass that with...green Betrays the secret of their silent course." The tall trees which arise from its hosom, stand, with their arms enlnced together, as if to protect... | |
 | 1841 - 474 sider
...is pregnant with instruction, and every stream teaches as it brawls. We see, we hear the — " rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they...green Betrays the secret of their silent course." His lines to his mother's picture are beautiful beyond the power of art ; and those to his Mary, drew... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 sider
...waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 196 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated... | |
 | 1841 - 644 sider
...softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming os they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves, at length In matted grass, that, with a livelier groen, Betrays the secret of their silent course." No excuse necJ be offered by the poorest of our... | |
 | 1841 - 646 sider
...waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselve?, at length In malted gnus, that, with a livelier green, Betrays the secret of their silent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 166 sider
...fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature...ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one 200 The livelong night ; nor these alone, whose notes Nice-finger'd Art must emulate in vain, But cawing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 sider
...waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they...length In matted grass, that with a livelier green 195 Betrays the secret of their silent course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, But animated... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 sider
...; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, loose themselves at length In matted grass, that, with a livelier green, Betrays the secret of their sileat course. Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; But animated nature sweeter still ; To soothe... | |
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Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with... 
