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" The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd ; Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the... "
Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a ... - Page 125
by William Cowper - 1841
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...yet well sufEc'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither' d leaves below. Stillness, accompanied...
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Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland: During the Years ..., Volume 2

John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...I was more than once reminded most fccibly of that beautifully descriptive passage, in the "ask : " The redbreast warbles still ; but is content With slender notes and more than half supprest Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests, he shaks...
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Nocturnal Visit: A Tale

Regina Maria Roche - Irish fiction - 1801 - 312 pages
...music, sighing as it goes ;" where no other noise was heard, save the faint warble of the red-breast, content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd, Pleas'd with his solitudes, and flitting light, From spray to spray, shaking where'er he rests, From many a twig the...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...well suffic'd, ' ' intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. 73 No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...but is content With slender notes,, and more than hall' suppreso'd : Pleas'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...yet well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, wherever he rests he...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...yet well sufficed, And intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...is content With slender notes, and more than half suppressed: Pleased with his solitude', and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The redhreast warhles still, hut is content With slender notes, and more than half...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves helow. Stillness, accompanied...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied...
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Poems [ed. by J. Newton]. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...well suffic'd, And, intercepting in their silent fall The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me. No noise is here, or none that hinders thought. The...With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd: Pleas 'd with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From...
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