 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...fupprefs'd. Pleab'd with his folitude, and flitting light, From fpray to fpray, where'er he r:lls, he fhakes, From many a twig, the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillnefs, accnmpany'd with founds fo foft, Channs more than filence. Meditation... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither' d leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...The redbreast warbles still ; but is content With slender notes and more than half supprest Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests, he shaks From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. • Stillness,... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - Irish fiction - 1801 - 312 pages
...suppress'd, Pleas'd with his solitudes, and flitting light, From spray to spray, shaking where'er he rests, From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompany'd by sounds to soft," charmed Jacintha even more than total... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...red-breast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress*d : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes,, and more than hall' suppreso'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes 80 From many a twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...red-breast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd ; Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...With slender notes and more than half suppress'd. Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light 1'rom spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many...twig the pendant drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. This picture is equally natural with the former, and has the additional merit... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'ii: Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to...spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...Witt slender notes, and more than half suppres't: Pleas'd with his solitude ; and flitting light f From spray to spray, where'er he rests he, shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. p »«•«*****».. » ^ -Rills that... | |
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No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half... 
