 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...loothes and sympathises. In the green solitude he finds a dearer home than with men. ' Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves, Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are safely housed, save bats and owls, A midnight bell, a passing groan, — These are the sounds we feed... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...life sweet, If men were wise to sce't, But only melancholy, 'O sweetest melancholy ! Welcome folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sigh that, piercing, mortifies...to the ground, A tongue chain'd up without a sound. Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ; Moonlight walks, when all the... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...life sweet, If men were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest melancholy ! Welcome folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sigh that, piercing, mortifies ; A look that's fasten'd to the ground, A tongue chain' J up without a sound. Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ;... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, Sweetest melancholy. Welcome folded arms and fixed eyes, A sigh, that piercing mortifies,...all the fowls Are warmly hous'd, save bats and owls ;. 53 A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...life sweet, If men were wise to see't, But only melancholy, Oh sweetest melancholy ! Welcome folded arms, and fixed eyes; A sigh that, piercing, mortifies...to the ground ; A tongue chain'd up without a sound ! Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ; Moonlight walks, when all the... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...mortifies ; A look that's fasten'd to the ground ; A tongue chain'd up without a sound ! Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ; Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly nous'd save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ! Then... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...sigh, that piercing, mortifies ; A look that's fastened to the ground; A tongue chained up—without a sound. Fountain heads, and pathless groves, Places...walks, when all the fowls, Are warmly hous'd, save hats and owls, A midnight bell—a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon. Then stretch our... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 444 pages
...fixed eyes, S A sigh, that piercing, mortifies; A look that's fastened to the ground ; A tongue chained up — without a sound. Fountain heads, and pathless...groves, Places which pale passion loves ; Moonlight \valks, when all the fowls, Are warmly hous'd, save bats and owls, A midnight bell — a. parting groan,... | |
 | 1806 - 666 pages
...of Mi I/TON, which opened at the following passage, to which the figure pointed with his finger : " A look that's fasten'd to the ground, " A tongue chain'd up without a sound, " O sweetest, sweetest melancholy !" " There was likewise upon the table a small crucifix, a scull,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 746 pages
...of Milton, which opened at the following, passage, to which the figure pointed with his finger: . . A look that's fasten'd to the ground, A tongue chain:d up without a sound, t O sweetest, sweetest Melancholy ! • " There was likewise upon the table a small crucifix., a skull,... | |
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Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan ! These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy... 
