 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
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pagina’s
...needles, or Mrs. Montague's feather hangings ; or send this charming simile 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,... | |
 | John Macfarlane - 1851 - 358 pagina’s
...this, we hope, shall be the happiness of their offspring. CHAPTEE III. Nurture anto Qtimonitian. ' 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pagina’s
...school-boy. AN ENGLISH VERSIFICATION OF A THOUGHT THAT POPPF.D INTO MY HEAD ABOUT TWO MONTHS SINCE. Sweet stream ! that winds through yonder glade —...— Silent, and chaste, she steals along. Far from (he world's gay. busy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon ner dcstin'd course : Graceful... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 438 pagina’s
...drink — to the policeoffice ; 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 - 1852 - 384 pagina’s
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 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 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 destin'd course ; Graceful and useful all she... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1853 - 518 pagina’s
...a schoolboy. An English Versification of a Thought that popped into my Head about two Months since. Sweet stream ! that winds through yonder glade —...steals along, Far from the world's gay, busy throng ; With gentle, yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destin'd course : Graceful, and useful, all she... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 800 pagina’s
...enrich the nobler mind, Neglected leaves a dreary waste behind. ANOTHER. ADDRESSED TO A YOUKC LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt...virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, For from the world's gay busy throng; With gentle, yet prevailing force, Intent' upon her destin'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 382 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 530 pagina’s
...a schoolboy. An Unglish Versification of a Thought that popped into my Head about two Months since. Sweet stream ! that winds through yonder glade—...steals along, Far from the world's gay, busy throng; With gentle, yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destin'd course: Graceful, and useful, all she does,... | |
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