 At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 2331837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...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 soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | 1801 - 452 Seiten
...world, to see the stir » Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends thro' all her gates, , At a safe 'distance where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjured ear. Thus sitting and surveying, thus at case, The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 Seiten
...of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the. great Habel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates .At a safc distance,, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th* uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...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 soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 Seiten
...of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Qf the great Babel, and not feel the crowd i 90 To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls, a soft murmur, on the uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying, thus at ease, The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...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 soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 Seiten
...world ; to see the stir Of the -great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends tbrough all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. Thns sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns,... | |
 | 1806 - 594 Seiten
...were, withoa Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd feeling " the crowd ;" to " hear thf «ar. COWPER. roar she sends through all her gates, " at a safe distance," where the re|x>rt IF those who have been lon» accus- of it serves merely to diversify and enforiied to public... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...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 Palls a soft murmur on tlf uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and it's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...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 th' uninjur'd ear. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease, The globe and its concerns,... | |
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