 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.  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2641832Full view - About this book
 | George Mogridge - 1844 - 334 pages
...sweet, sequestered vale. Its beauties grow upon me. What a spot is this to muse in at summer-tide ! " 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." I am now in the middle of the narrow valley, and the deep hollow yonder, filled... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...Ida'iian queen — Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, whau the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness...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 symph onions,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Mirth's enlivening strain ; For present pleasure soon is o'er, And all the past is vaiii.' The Hermit. to hear. Not less picturesque arc the following passages, which instantly b forgetfulncss prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...the accent of the noun (as in the previous example) into that of the verb. THE HERMIT. DR. BEATTIE. AT the cl'ose of the da'y, when the ha'mlet is st'ill,...heard on the h'ill, And noug'ht/ but the nightingale's son'g in the gr'ove ; 'Twas th'us, by the cave of the mountain af 'ar, While his harp rung sympho'nious,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...relish those pure, delicious joys which embellish and gladden the life of man. 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 thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rang symphonious, a... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...He, lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers. Cowper. THE HERMIT.5 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 ; 1 Weaves — ie weaves lace with bobbins upon a pillow. 2 Cheerful, gay — He... | |
 | James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 pages
...poet, was born in Kincardine in 1735. ' The Minstrel ' is his most admired poem. He died in 180i1. 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,1... | |
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...mourns the turtle in sequestered bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tower. 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...from home; He, lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill. Coteper. And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove; 'Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain... | |
 | Christian literature - 1881 - 602 pages
...retreat Beneath the turf that I have often trod. THE HERMIT. [J»me« Brattle; born 1715; died ISO.] AT the close of the day when the hamlet is still,...And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, And naught but the nightingale's song in the grove; 'Twas... | |
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