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" Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And... "
... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and Academies - Page 12
by William Cowper - 1842 - 150 pages
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure' waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...which, daily view'd, Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of year*. Praise justly due to those that I describe. 180 Nor...branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once. Nor less...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...wind?, •That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of anciettf growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fit! the mind; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluttering, all ar...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast fluti riujr, all at once. Ttf«- less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...Mighty winds. That sweep the skirt of some far spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music, ntH unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods; or on the softer voice Of neighboring fountain ; or of rills that slip Through the...
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Poems [ed. by J. Newton]. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...fast flutt'ring, all at once. *• Nor less composure wails upon the roar 190 Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbcr'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at onceNor less...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the...all at once. Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighb'ring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the...
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