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
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...his hair on end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'T is 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... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pages
...his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'T is 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... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...with hia hair on end At hjs own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. T is 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 tbe dying sound Falls... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering 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 Falls... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. T is 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...Olympian dews, Sermons, and city feasts, and fav'rite airs, jEtherial journeys, submarine exploits, 85 To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
| George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 pages
...afforded,—through which,—as one might have said, in the language of Cowper :— " 'Tis pleasant To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd, At a safe distance,—where the dying sound To hear the roar she sends through all her gates Falls... | |
| George Miller - 1833 - 428 pages
...afforded,— through which,— as one might have said, in the language of Cowper :— " 'Tis pleasant 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... | |
| Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1833 - 460 pages
...English Manners. New Edition revised, in 3 vols. 12 mo. 18s. " 'Tls pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Bahel, and not feel the crowd." Cowper. The HERMIT in the COUNTRY ; or, Sketches of English Manners... | |
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