 | 1822 - 600 pagina’s
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation u May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impairM," that I absent myself from the town for a while, without feeling at a loss the moment I am... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pagina’s
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired, " that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pagina’s
...occasionally seek seclusion from the world, where contemplation " Plumes her feathers, and lets go her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled." This contemplation leads the poet to the mossy cell, to the thicket or the lea, to burns and bracken... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pagina’s
...occasionally seek seclusion from the world, where contemplation " Flames her feathers, and lets go her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too raffled." This contemplation leads the poet to the mossy cell, to the thicket or the lea, to burns... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pagina’s
...himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he * Vide vol. iii. p. 321. has himself feelingly described... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pagina’s
...himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings. That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he * Vide vol. iii. p. 321. has himself feelingly described... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd/' that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am left by myself.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagina’s
...retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milton's Comus, Dear solitary groves, where peace does dwell ! Sweet harbours of pure love and innocence... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and tets grow est : The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Lo, t He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd/' that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am left by myself.... | |
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May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd... 
