 SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; • With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all...  Letters to 'The Times', 1884-1922 - Pagina 36door Thomas Case - 1927 - 284 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 680 pagina’s
...the nobler mind, Neglected, leaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. SWE^T stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force Intent upon her destined course, Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | George Gulliver - 1881 - 178 pagina’s
...editions of his poems, I will add here from his letter, June 8, 1780, to the Rev. William Unwin : — ' Sweet stream ! that winds through yonder glade —...! Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the w orld's gay, busy throng ; With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destin'd course ; Graceful,... | |
 | 1882 - 630 pagina’s
...allusion to the sublime passage in Revelation, i: 8. [CONCLUSION IN DECEMBER NUMBER.] A COMPARISON. Sweet stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - 1883 - 332 pagina’s
...Shall be found out for you, Who, tasting, have robbed the whole tree ? A COMPARISON. BY WILLIAM COWPER. SWEET stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along Far from the world's gay, busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | Walter Debenham Sweeting, John Taylor - 1888 - 376 pagina’s
...thus from early days was well known to Michael Wodhull. A COMPARISON-. AnrmrasED TO A YOTTNO LADY. " Sweet stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force Intent upon her destined course, Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - 352 pagina’s
...ADDRESSED TO A YOUNO LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder Apt emblem of a virtuous maid, [glade, Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay, busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | They - 1885 - 92 pagina’s
...full front . The poet Cowper likens a maiden to a sweet stream winding through a quiet glade :— " Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng : With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 630 pagina’s
...enrich the nobler mind, Neglected, leaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force, Irttent upon her destined course; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1889 - 426 pagina’s
...trow me. Graham cf Gartniort TO A YOUNG LADY C* VVEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, vj A;>t emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng : With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 pagina’s
...can't be a match — 'tis a bundle of matches. William Cowper A Comparison ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY SWEET stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
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