 | 1795 - 466 oldal
...that holds Inquisitive attention while I read Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it...busy life, Its 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 oldal
...holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What is it,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of office... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 oldal
...holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in -chains of silence, which the fain, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What is it,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of oflice... | |
 | 1801 - 452 oldal
...four pages ! happy work ! Which not ev'n critics criticise; that hold» Inquisitive attention while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the...eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What is it hut a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 oldal
...holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs die mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition* On the summit see The seals of office... | |
 | 1802 - 302 oldal
...holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, 55 Its fluftuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 oldal
...holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 oldal
...read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to brealy What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?. •.••'•' Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 oldal
...attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, ThoughcloqueiHthcmselves, ol must find conceit. I grant, ? Here runs the mountainous and rragtry ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit, sec The seals uf... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 oldal
...holds Inquisitive Attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; 'What is it, but a map of busy life, It's fluctuations, and it's vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts... | |
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This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not even critics criticise, that holds Inquisitive attention while I read Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it but a map of busy life, Its... 
