 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
 | 1840 - 378 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 Falls... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1841 - 264 pages
...what an insight does he give you to his own heart, as he says, " 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 sounds, Falls... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 7. '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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 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 ; 00 To hear the roar she sends through all her gate* At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 564 pages
...could gain from the ' busy map of life' — a newspaper ; or through the ' loop, holes of retreat, to see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the crowd.' I knew a lady whose feelings in thisrespect strongly resembled those of Cowper, who assured me, she... | |
 | 1841 - 474 pages
...world than could be found in that ' busy map of life,' a newspaper ; or from the loop-holes of retreat, to see the ' stir of the great Babel,' and not feel the crowd. He took delight in hearing the music of the church-bells, or the dash of the breakers — in scanning... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 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 th<5 great Babel, and not feel the crowd J 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes nes a* the ship of the sailor, the mill of the fuller, or even the loom of the weaver, let ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...the name? The SERPENT OF THE STILL. THE WORLD AT A DISTANCE. Tis pleaSRiit— 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 gate», At a safe distance, where the dying sound, Falls... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 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... | |
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