 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
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...his own wonders, wondering for his broad. 'Tis 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 earThus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | John William Lester - English literature - 1848 - 112 pages
...eloquent themselves, yet fear to break." 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... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...Cowper's gentle and shrinking " soul— " 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...; where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjured ear." Both were true patriots — hoth loved their country — both had a strong sympathy... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1878 - 668 pages
...with Cowper: — " "Па pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at euch a world ; to eee the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gatee At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falle a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear." But this... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...own wonders, wondering 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... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - American literature - 1850 - 484 pages
...Scripture-like grandeur of the often-quoted passage of Cowper ! — " To see the stir Of the great Babe), and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear." Again, — " Where simple nature reigns ; and every view Diffusive spreads the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at : [ $: "V s 2 7~ q 摰UӔ T L  | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...luxury of unexpected sweets. WINTER EVENING. 'Tis 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...his own wonders, wondering 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 the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...Oliver Goldsmith. THE WORLD AT A DISTANCE. IS pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel,...her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Mis a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns,... | |
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