 Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore 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...  The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Page 19by William Cowper - 1810 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...years. .Praise justly due to those that I describe. Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...years. Praise justly due to those that I describe. Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature....shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...Praise justly due to those that I describe. 180 Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike 185 The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...years. Praise justly due to those that I describe. Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...tone of lapguid Nature. Mighty wind?, •That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of anciettf growth, make music not 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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...those that I descrihe. tmiifl€ . ,. tsY Nor rural sights alone, hut rural sounds, ""A Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....far-spreading wood' ' Of ancient growth, make music not unlike i* ' The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, ' ilriiAI And lull the spirit while they fill the mind... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...years. Praise justly due to those that I describe. Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds. Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature....shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluti riujr, all at once. Ttf«-... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
....RURAL SOUNDS, AS WELL AS RURAL SIGHTS, DELIGHTFUL NOR rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds. That sweep the skirt of some far spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music, ntH unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...that I describe. • Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore B The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep...shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once. Nor less... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...heart that breathe in these lines of Cowper : 'Nor rural sights alone, hut rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore 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,... | |
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