 AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While...  The Practical Teacher - Page 271885Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...fa r *CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECESSECTION I. The, hermit. AT the close of the day, when the hamjet is And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought but the torrent is bcrril on the hi/J, And nought but the nightingale's song in thegrav. 'Twas thus, by the cave of the... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is st '' , And mortals the sweets of forge tfiUness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the...thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began : No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage,... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...or evil, «r conceal'd — Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. The Hermit.. BY DR. BEATTIE. AT the close of the day when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove 5 When nought but the torrent, is heard on the hill ; And nought but the nightingale's song in the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...sweets ol fnrgettulness prove ; When-noughf but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but lhe nightingale's song in the grove : 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rang sj-mphomous, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war. He thought as a sage, though... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...form to his, the relish of their souls. — AKENSIDB. CHAP. V PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The hermit At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...pathetic pieces. SECTION 1. The Hermit. 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, -jAnd mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought...thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began < No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...; Then in the scale of life and sense, 'tis plain There must be, somewhere, such a rank as man. 7. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove, And the toils and the cares of the daylight are o'er ; How solemn the thoughts that the future explore... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1826 - 122 pages
...first foot of au anapaestic line, may be an iambus ; as, At the close | 5f th« day | when the ham|ia is still, And mor|tals the sweets | of forget|fulness...nought | but the nightingale's song | in the grove. 4. In Dactylic verse the stress is laid on the first, the fourth, the seventh, and the tenth syllable.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...bis, the relish of their souls. — AKENSIDE. CHAP. V. PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The hermit. • At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, * •- ad nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : "Fwas thus by the caVe of the mountain afar,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...PATHETIC PIECES. SECTION I. The Hermit. * 1. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, J\. And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And bought but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While... | |
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