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... The Dublin Magazine - Seite 161841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...through all her gates At a safe 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 To some secure and more than mortal height, That lib'rates and exempts me from them all. It... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...all her gates. At a safe 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 To some secure and more than mortal height, That lib'rates and exempts me from them all. It... | |
| 1802 - 302 Seiten
...all her gates At a safe 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 advanc'd, 95 To some secure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them alt.... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 364 Seiten
...Thus fitting, and furveying thus at eafe The globe and its concerns, I feern advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns fubmitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am ftill.... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 388 Seiten
...Thus fitting, and furveying thus at eafe The globe and its concerns, I feem advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns fubmitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am ftill.... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 376 Seiten
...Thus fitting, and furveying thus at cafe The globe and its concerns, I feem advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns fubmitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am (till.... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 366 Seiten
...Thus fitting, and furveying thus at eafe The globe and its concerns, I fecm advanced To fome fecure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns fubmitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am ftill.... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe...height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns submitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am still.... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 Seiten
...her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thns sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and...secure and more than mortal height. That liberates aud exempts me from them all. <)0 THE T4SK. kOoiC IV. It turns submitted to my view, turns round With... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...all her gates, At a safe 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 To some secure, and more than mortal height, That lib'rates and exempts me from them all.... | |
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