 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...eloquence, and which is not hostile to noble and graceful imagery, as in the following passages. " Tis pleasant through the loop-holes 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 thro' all her gates At a safe distance, where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...And Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis plejttant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of th-: great Babol, and not feel the crowd ; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...submarine exploits, 85 And Kattcrfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders. wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant. through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to sec the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; 90 To hear tho roar she sends through all... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair an end At his own wonders, wand'ring 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 the roar she sends through all her gates. At a safe distance,... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...unworthy of our love ***** But we have bid farewell To all the virtues of those better days, ***** 'Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat,...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... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...Katerfelto, with bifihtriran end At his own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, throngh 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 throngh all her gates, At a safe distance,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...an end At hia own wonders, wand'ring for his bread. Ti> pleasant, through the loopholes of retre-.t. 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,... | |
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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... 
