 From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the...  The Life of William Cowper - Side 349av Thomas Wright - 1892 - 681 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - 1803 - 116 sider
...the Task: No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think...head , And Learning wiser grow without his books. Pursuing our walk, we proceed through what remains of this sequestered alley, whose devious, mossgrown... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - 1803 - 102 sider
...the Task: No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think...the head. And Learning wiser grow without his books. Pursuing our walk, we proceed through what remains of this sequestered alley, whose devious, mossgrown... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Storer, William Cowper - 1804 - 96 sider
...Task : No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think...lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without hU books. Pi- -suing our walk, we proceed through what remains of this sequestered alley, whose devious,... | |
 | 1801 - 432 sider
...it all its pleasures and its pains. Speaking of retirement also — these sensible lines occxir — Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 sider
...in the withered leaves below. Stillnefs, accompanied with founds fo foft, Charms more than filence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful leflbn to the head, And learning w'.frr grow without his books. Knowledge aod wifdom, far... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sider
...drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 sider
...drops of ice> That' tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books.' Knowledge and wisdom, far... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 sider
...ART. XXI. The Rnminaior. Containing a series of moral and sentimental Essays. [To le continued.'] •" Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head." COWFH* N". I. • On the consequences of War; with a poem in commendation... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 sider
...drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves helow. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think...lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his hooks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from heing one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads... | |
 | James Storer - 1809 - 346 sider
...against the laboured neatness of the turf floor, contrasted with the ivy-mantled windows and walls. Still Meditation here May think down hours to moments : here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without her books. How many hearts have here... | |
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