 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pagina’s
...tinklings lull the distant folds ; 'Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, 'L he moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower, Mulest h« ancient solitary rcTgh. 'Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's tfiade, Wi.erc heaves... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 pagina’s
...the night. DRYDKX. Imitated by Gray". Save where from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping awl doe* to the moon complain, Of such as wandering near her...secret bower. Molest her ancient, solitary reign. In the copy subjoined to Croma, " The lonely screech-owl groans," (Solaque culminibus, etc.) was altered... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pagina’s
...of the night. DRYDI.V Uhitated by Gray. Save where 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. ID the copy subjoined to Croma, " The lonely screech-owl groans," (Soiuque culminibui, &c.) was altered... | |
 | 1808 - 436 pagina’s
...simplicity of sentiment and expression." 2. Save, that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such as wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. « If," says Mr. Wakefield, " one might venture to propose any alteration of such an admirable stanza,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pagina’s
...drowsy tinkliugs lull the distant folds: Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping oui does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancicni solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shad?, Where heaves the' turf in... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...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. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade. Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pagina’s
...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. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pagina’s
...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." Lord Brougham — that universal genins — does not approve of these stanzas — and criticises them... | |
 | sir Thomas Hugh Constable (1st bart.) - 1817 - 474 pagina’s
...constant tenant of the venerable ruins above described — From the ivy-mantled tower The moping owl doth to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower Molest her antient solitary reign. Phasianus Colchicus. The pheasant, till of late years, was hardly known in... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pagina’s
...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. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,... | |
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Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the 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 tower, The moping owl does to... 
