 I could spend whole days and moonlight nights in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human being upon earth could think for one quarter of an hour as I have done for many years, there might perhaps be many...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2721804Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 456 pages
...a gninea for his assistance in saving the young lord from being drowned. COWPERIANA. No. XII. " IP every human being upon earth could think for one quarter of an hour, as I have done for many years, there might, perhaps, be many miserable men among them, but not an unawakened on« could be found from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...for me. Oh ! I cou-ld spend whole days, and moon-light mights, in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If •every...-quarter of an hour, as I have done for many years, there might, perhaps, be many miserable men among them, but not an unwakened one would be found, from... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...enough for me. Oh ! I could spend whole days, and moon-light nights, in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...quarter of an hour, as I have done for many .years, there might, perhaps, be many miserable men among them, but not an unwakened one would be found, from... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...enough for me. Oh ! I could spend whole days, and moon-light nights, in feeding upon a lovely prbspect: my eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...quarter of an hour, as I have done for many years, there might, perhaps, be many miserable men among them, but not an nnawakened one would be found, from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 324 pages
...enough for me. O ! I could spend whole days and moonlight nights in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...quarter of an hour as I have done for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not an unawakened one could be found, from... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...over my mind, that I think it no small proof of your partiality to me, that you will read my letters. If every human being upon earth could think for one quarter of an hour, as I have thought for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not one unawakened... | |
 | 1820 - 688 pages
...for me Oh! I could spend whole days, and moonlight nights, in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! — My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...quarter of an hour, as I have done for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not an unawakened one could be found, from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...enough for me. O ! I could spend whole days and moonlight nights in feeding upon a lovely prospect! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human being upon earth could think for one quar tcr of an hour as I have done for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...enough for me. O ! I could spend whole days, and moonlight nights, in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...could think for one quarter of an hour, as I have thought for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not one unawakened... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 376 pages
...enough for me. Oh ! I could spend whole days and moon-light nights" in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human...quarter of an hour as I have done for many years, there might, perhaps, be many miserable men among them, but not an unwakened one would be found from... | |
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