 Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.  Noctes Ambrosianæ - Page 11by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...support by food. * Frivolous, '. slight, trifling: The Hermit. 6 Commerce^ trade, trafite At the rfose of the day, when the hamlet is still; And mortals the sweets of forgetl'ulness- prove j When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but. the liightmgule's... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...men remote from power but rarely known, Love, reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day when the hamlet is still,...heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 'Twas thus by the cave of a mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...form to his, the relish of their souls. — AKENSIDE, GHAP. V. PATHETIC PIECES. 'SECTION I The hermit. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...form to his theVelish of their souls. AKENSIBE. CHAP. V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The Hermit. ' the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : ;Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...form to his, the relish of their souls. AKENSIDE. CHAP. V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The Hermit. 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, , And mortals the sweets of forgelfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill» And nought but the nightingale's... | |
 | James Beattie - 1821 - 230 pages
...mirth's enlivening strain ; For present pleasure soon is o'er, And all the past is vain." THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfuluess prove. When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nouirht but the nightingale's... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...to his, the relish of their souls. AKEHSIDKCHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. • The Hermit. 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove: 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, "While his harp rung symphonious, a... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 560 pages
...beyond what verse or speech can tell, My g-uide, my friend, my best-belov'd, farewell ! THE HEHMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still....forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on ihe hill. And nought but the nightingale's song in the gTove : Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...fa r *CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECESSECTION I. The, hermit. AT the close of the day, when the hamjet is And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought but the torrent is bcrril on the hi/J, And nought but the nightingale's song in thegrav. 'Twas thus, by the cave of the... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...or evil, «r conceal'd — Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. The Hermit.. BY DR. BEATTIE. AT the close of the day when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove 5 When nought but the torrent, is heard on the hill ; And nought but the nightingale's song in the... | |
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