 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...  Southern Literary Messenger - Σελίδα 3301839Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Charles Lloyd - 1821 - 316 σελίδες
...will then miscarry. 'Tis as portentous as a doctor's sign is, And quite as emblematic of a finis.* " 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world." So sung thy bard, Religion ! But as f here, where can we meet With such exemption from mankind's regard.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1822 - 258 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 σελίδες
...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. PROSPECT OF THE WORLD FROM THE KF.TREAT OF HOME. Cowper. "Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus, at ease, The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 σελίδες
...possesses a mighty superiority in the bold features by which her veteran visage is marked. LETTER XXXV. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd. COWPEIT. London, July 13, 1819. THE young American who visits London... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 σελίδες
...reason br assigned against the supposition, and what is it ? f THE WORLD CONTEMPLATED AT A DISTANCE. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, * - J Katerfelto, with his hair on-end ) own \yonders, wond'ring for his bread. i pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on-end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. Tu pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep...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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 σελίδες
...manners and the modes• It knew not once, the country wins me still. Ibid. 'Tis pleasant through thte loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To...distance, where the 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 σελίδες
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on end At hts own wonders, wondering for 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... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 σελίδες
...article they desired, by bartering with their nearest neighbors. THE WORLD CONTEMPLATED AT A DISTANCE. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
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