 Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the...  The Poems of William Cowper - Page 231by William Cowper - 1828 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...f THE WORLD CONTEMPLATED AT A DISTANCE. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...advanc'd To some secure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns submitted to my view, turns round With all its generations... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...once, the country wins me still. Ibid. 'Tis pleasant through thte loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel,...dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Ibid. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tu pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world; to see the etir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a Mifu distance, where the dying sound Palls a soft murmur on th' uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 pages
...neighbors. THE WORLD CONTEMPLATED AT A DISTANCE. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd To som" secure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns submitted... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...imagery, as in the following passages. " Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel...and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends thro' all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...peep at such a world ; to sec the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; 90 To hear tho roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance,...dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. 't Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd 95 To some... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of th-: great Babol, and not feel the crowd ; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on Hi' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...the virtues of those better days, ***** 'Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus setting, and surveying, thus at ease, The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd To some secure, and... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...his own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th* uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus, at ease, The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
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