 | Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 pages
...tJiofe rugged elms, that yew.tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ringheap, . ; Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep . The breezy call of incenfe-breathing Morn , The fwallow twitt'ring from the ftraw-built shed , The cock's shrill clarion... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, Ordrowfy tinklings lull thediftant folds: Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch, as wand'ring near her fecret bower, fyloleft her ancient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...flillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as wandering near her fecret bowdr, Molefl her ancient, folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged elms,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch, as wand'ring near her fecret bower, Moleft her antient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged elms,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...ftilnefs holds. Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds .Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch, as waad'ring near her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged elms,... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain ,Of fuch as, wand'ring near her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient, folitary reign.. Beneath thofe rugged... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as, wandering near her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged elms,... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged elms, that yew-tree's made, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever kid, 15 The rude Forefathers of the hamlet fleep. The breezy call of incenfe-breathing Morn, The fwallow... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as, wand'ring near her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient, folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled...The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that... | |
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And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. 
