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 - الصفحة 231بواسطة William Cowper - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 427عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| William Cowper - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...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 - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 112
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 672
...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... | |
| 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...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 - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...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 ![Q q )rY ! (; \ ... 2~ dF" f F e k ah A ` V 2z s oW uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease ' The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...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 - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...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 - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...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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