 The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the...  The Task: A Poem - Sivu 12tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1878 - 263 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sivua
...they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure' waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 sivua
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all .their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they full Upon... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sivua
...185 The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sivua
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sivua
...unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves...distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountains, or of hills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 sivua
...unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fit! the mind; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all ar once. Nor less composure waits upon the rair Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 sivua
...once.' r Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or ou the softer voice Of neighh'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fell Upon loose pehhles, lose themselves at length ' In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sivua
...Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluti riujr, all at once. Ttf«- less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 sivua
...while they fill the mind, Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and, chiming as they fall Upon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 sivua
...they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose... | |
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