 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 Druses of the Lebanon - Page 21de George Washington Chasseaud - 1855 - 422 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1795 - 466 pages
...but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? 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." A NEWSPAPER is so true a type of the caprice and levity of Englishmen, that it may be stilcd their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. '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 through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...paragraph more, by which this masterly portrait will be completed: — Tis pleasant, thro' 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 the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his broad, Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the. great Habel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates .At a safc distance,,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. '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 through all her gates. At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. H 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Qf the great Babel, and not feel the crowd i 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. '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 through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...hread, -.-ii ^H o-..- .->....ii .- '. .'.i;"i 7vj eui bi»3*A "J'ii pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir . . .iU"' Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd ; . ... . . .'' To hear the roar she sends through... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 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 Palls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...his hair on end, At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. '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 through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
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