 | Thomas Browne Browne - 1838 - 274 pages
...sonnet! The rest is scarcely so good, but no part of it is in the " language really used by men." " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea." There is nothing in inanimate nature so pathetic as the sea at sun-set in complete repose. No one,... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838 - 228 pages
...beneath him, still — the sky above him, clear. " The evening, calm and free — The holy time as quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration — the broad...tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea." But its gentleness passes away, even while he is sleeping ! — his dreams are of home and happiness... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...The winds, that will be howling at all hours And are up-gather'd now, like sleeping flmecri." " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a mm, Breathless with adoration /" " Flowers laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...the heedless little one, that sports beside him : " Air sleeps — from strife or stir the clouds are free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 376 pages
...divine Rejoice, as, through that power, it ceased to mourn. xxx. A FAIRER face of evening cannot be ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 pages
..." The winds, that will be howling at all hours And are up-gather'd now, like sleeping flomsn." " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun, Breathless with adoration !" " Flower* laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads." " The cataracts... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time...tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea; Listen!—the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder—everlastingly.... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...flowers of spring were in their richest bloom, as the General and Ravensworth left the priory. " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity." Stopping at a small public-house, the General, taking the pistols from the carriage, led Dudley through... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pages
...powerful and intense meditation with the utmost sweetness of feeling and melody of expression : "It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...is quiet as a nun, Breathless with adoration ; the brood sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea. Listen I the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...calm and free; The holj time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad son la jinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea; LUten! — the mighty Being is awake. And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder —... | |
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It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the Sea: Listen! 
