...his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass...touching in its majesty : This city now doth like a gales At a safe distance, where the dying sound Vails a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting,...

...Oliver Goldsmith. THE WORLD AT A DISTANCE. 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...

...The Enchantment Dissolved. got, WORLD. >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 (he roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls, a soft murmur,...

...as was the sight of the " human face divine." It may be " pleasant," as the poet writes, to read " Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear." Pleasant—yes, but under certain reservations, as 1 think the gentle poet would...

...his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel and...through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dymg sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease, The globe...

...retreat To peep" at such a world, to see" the stir Of the great Babel and not feel6 the crowd, To hear6 the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur' dh the uninjured ear.— Cowper. The mothers of our forest-land! • On old Kentucky's soil How shared...

...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, and not feel the crowd ; To hear tJ1e roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur...

...Without inhabitants, to ruin runs ! * * * '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 th' uninjured ear. That favourite poem, The Sofa, owes its existence to Lady Austen's suggestion, as she...

...life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns? Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel and...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the injured ear. Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced...

...Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir Of the great Babel and...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the injured ear. Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced...