 Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own ; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal Love. O how more sweet is bird's harmonious moan, Or the hoarse sobbings of the widow'd...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 255by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...valley as you pass, Ye may no see, for peeping flowers, the grass. — G. PEELE (1584). RETIREMENT. THRICE happy he who by some shady grove, Far from...not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. Oh, how more sweet is bird's harmonious moan, Or the hoarse sobbings of the widowed dove, Than those... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...for harmony and play of fancy. His sonnets are amongst the fmest in the English language.] ' I ^HRICK happy he who by some shady grove, *• Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own. Thou solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. . O how more sweet is bird's... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 pages
...valley as you pass, Ye may no see, for peeping flowers, the grass. — G. PEELE (1584). RETIREMENT. THRICE happy he who by some shady grove, Far from...not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. Oh, how more sweet is bird's harmonious moan, Or the hoarse sobbings of the widowed dove, Than those... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...specimens of his sonnets': — THE PRAISE OF A SOLITARY LIFE. Thrice happy he. who by some s;iac!y grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his...not alone, But doth converse with that eternal Love. О how more sweet ¡в bird's harmonious moan, Or the hoarse sobbings of the widou-'d dove, Than those... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...grove, Kg S| Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own.J IN PRAISE OF SOLITUDE. £ H X H M Thcu solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that Eternal Love. ,H * The reader should compare this with Shakspeare's "Sea Dirge." t Alluding to the wolf's habit of... | |
 | Christian text-book - 1874 - 808 pages
...fêe brill rentter unto man l)t¿ rtlrljteouáneáá.— JOB, xxxiii. 25, 26. YOUTH WELL SPENT. fHRICE happy he who, by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous...hoarse sobbings of the widow'd dove, Than those smooth whisp'rings near a prince's throne, Which good make doubtful, do the ill approve ! O l how more sweet... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...solitude 1 But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper, ' Solitude is sweet!' " COWPER. Thrice happy he who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own ; Tho, solitary, who is not alone, Hut doth converse with that eternal love. f > how more sweet is... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...hand to touch thee deign, Like widowed turtle still her loss complain. THE PRAISE OF A SOLITARY LIFE. Thou solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. 0 how more sweet is bird's... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...pompous name : Are the strange ends we toil for here below, Till wisest death makes us our errors know. Thrice happy he who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own. Thou solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. 0 how more sweet is bird's... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...hand to touch thee deign, Like widowed turtle still her loss complain. The Praise of a Solitary Life. ld be thought. Some Thou solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. О how more sweet is bird's... | |
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