 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 Ambrosianę - Page 11by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...to his', the relish of their souls\ — AKENSIBB CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The hermit. AT the close of the day', when the hamlet is still',...mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove' ; When nought bur the torrent is heard on the hil!', And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove Twas thus... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...flutteriuir heart no шоге To Mirth's enlivening strain ; ш U o'er, m ENGLISH LITERATURE. 183 The Hermit. he new play, and is said, now-a-days, to have generally most company, as forgetful л ess prove, When «ought but the torrent is heard on the hillt And nought but the nightingale's... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pages
...beyond what verse or speech can tell, My guide, my friend, my best-belov'd, farewell ! 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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...has no claim to thee : — But let insolvent innocence go free. LESSON LXXV. The Hermit. — BEATTIE. 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 then, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pages
...beyond what verse or speech can tell, My guide, my friend, my best-belov'd, farewell ! 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,... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...resistless far th' Idalian queenSmiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. AT the ciuse of the day, when the hamlet is still. And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove Vhen nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, Andnought but the nightingale's song in the grove... | |
 | Scotland - 1832 - 1042 pages
...to me all one with Bowzy Beelzebub j so that, bewildered by that infinite series of small eatans, " At the close of the day when the hamlet is still,...grove ;" I am haunted by the mysterious thought of " one-in many," and the still more mysterious thought of " many-in-one," each individual devil having... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...bid the tempter flee ! And let me never, never stray From happiness and Thee ! THE HERMIT. [REiTTIE.] 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 then, by the cave of the mountain afar, A hermit his song of the night thus... | |
 | George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - English language - 1832 - 122 pages
...•ye •w.yn^ra.^o t.Lnj/nj vy ny. ynyz yt-y v^ **• ^7---- wi y */u+y. ^ \,^V1 V */6<'* THE HERMIT. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale-s song in the grove; Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, A\ hile his harp rung... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...hid the tempter flee ! And let me never, never stray From happiness and Thee! THE HERMIT. [EEATTIE.] AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought hut the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought hut the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twos then,... | |
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