 | William Cowper - 1836 - 396 páginas
...sepulchre in which the living lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman 5, his remark was shrewd, — How sweet, how passing...my retreat, Whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us... | |
 | William Cowper - 1899 - 660 páginas
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 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 páginas
...asks no more. Task, book iv. We add a few short passages : How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude t But grant me still a friend in my retreat Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Not to understand a treasure's worth Till time has stolen away the slighted good Is cause of half the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 páginas
...sepulchre in which the living lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet,...retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us... | |
 | 1837 - 734 páginas
...conclude, we take the opportunity of saying of the following lines of Cowper, 3 U I like the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd, How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude; But let me have a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — Solitude is sweet. The Frenchman is, we... | |
 | Elizabeth Ritchie - 1838 - 194 páginas
...fond of retirement ; yet the visits of my friends are an agreeable change. ' I praise the Frenchman ; his remark was shrewd, How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant me just a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper, Solitude is sweet.' " I often think of you, and love... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 páginas
...sepulehre in which the living lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. Ipraise the Frenchman', his remark was shrewd, — How sweet, how passing...my retreat, Whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, 1 Ih-uytre.... | |
 | John Newton Brown - 1840 - 284 páginas
...hope, And fill, and ravish, and inflame our hearts With love and trust perpetual as thy praise ! 1824. But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— Solitude is sweet. Cowper. ELSEWHERE the mind in every age has roved, Than where the public cares their train disclose... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 páginas
...and sparkling streams." PLATE yxvi: PLATE XXVII. A FRENCH SUBURBAN CHATEAU. " I praise the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd, How sweet ! how passing sweet...in my retreat, Whom I may whisper Solitude is sweet ; Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside That appetite can ask nor wealth provide, Can save us... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 páginas
...die. I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! 740 But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us... | |
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I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. 
