Now, all amid the rigours of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore., Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene ; Where... The British Essayists;: The Looker-on - Page 95by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...foreft and the fhore Beat by the boundlefs multitude of waves, A rural, fhelter'd, folitary fcene ; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There ftudious let me fit, And hold high converfe with the MIGHTY DEAD; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd,... | |
| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves; A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join 430 To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the MIGHTY DEAD ; Sages... | |
| James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shure Beat by the boundless multitude of waves , A rural , shelter'd , solitary, scene ; Where ruddy...join , To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit And hold high converse with the mighty dead ; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd, As gods beneficent... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pages
...ice, be my retreat Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire...join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit. And hold high converse with the mighty dead ; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd, As gods beneficent,... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat bv the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire...join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead ; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd, As gods beneficent,... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...hamlets sleeping in the dead of night, Are deep beneath the smothering ruin whelm'd. A rural, sheiter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers...join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd, As gods beneficent,... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...be my retreat , Between the groaning forest and the shore Be.it by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural , shelter'd , solitary, scene ; Where ruddy...join , To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit , And hold high converse with the MIGHTY DEAD ; Sagrs of ancient time, as gods fever'd , As gods beneficent,... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 330 pages
...foreft and the fhore Beat by the boundlefs multitude of waves, A rural, fhelter'd, folitary fcene ; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There ftudious let me fit, And hold high converfe with the MIGHTY DEAD; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow keen, be my retreat A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene ; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join To chase the chearless gloom: there let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead, Sages of... | |
| James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, 'A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join 430 To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the Mighty Dead; Sages... | |
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