 | 1795 - 466 Seiten
...fluctuations and its vast concerns ? 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." A NEWSPAPER is so true a type of the caprice and levity of Englishmen, that it may be stilcd their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...wond'ring 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 the dying sound Falls a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...wond'ring 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 the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...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 the dying sound Falls... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...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 Palls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...wond'ring 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 the dying sound Falls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 Seiten
...wond'ring 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 the dying sound Falls... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 464 Seiten
...voice attends." TASK. " 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 - 1814 - 496 Seiten
...wond'ring for his bread. *Tis pleasant, throngh tha loopholes of retreat, To peep at snch a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the ronr she sends throngh all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sonnd Falls... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1815 - 408 Seiten
...LONDON-MORNING-MILK-THE GUARDS. 25 " '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 sefids through all her gates, At a safe distance." In the morning all is calm,... | |
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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... 
