 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 - 1841
...enrich the nobler mind, Neglected loaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. f 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 destin'd course ; Graceful and useful aH-she'does,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 374 pagina’s
...ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG 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,... | |
 | Edith Leslie (fict.name.) - 1844 - 1050 pagina’s
...PUBLISHER, (5, MORTIMER ST., CAVENDISH SQUARE. TCMEwBY, PRINTER, MOETIMB* iTRB»T EDITH LESLIE. CHAPTER I. Sweet stream ! that winds through yonder glade, Apt...steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; With steady yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful, and useful, all she... | |
 | Christian lyre - 1846 - 188 pagina’s
...more would spleen or passion banish rest, Or plant a pang in fond affection's breast. 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,... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 558 pagina’s
...days from Cairo to Mecca, a distance of at least six hundred miles. A COMPARISON, ADDRESSED TO A LADY SWEET stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maidSilent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 558 pagina’s
...should enrich the nobler mind, "Wetted, let,,^ a weary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YODMO 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,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 pagina’s
...drink,—to the Police Office; and I bethought me of the well-known comparison of Cowper, beginning, " Sweet stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid,— of the maudlin woman not virtuous,—and of the Irwell. According to one of the poets contemporary... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 672 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 Intent upon her destined course, Graceful and useful all she does,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pagina’s
...the nobler mind, Neglected leaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. BWEET 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 514 pagina’s
...the nobler mind, Neglected leaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. SWRET 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,... | |
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