 OH, happy shades — to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree ! This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders, quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul less hurt...  The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ecclesiastical ... - Page 1991853Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 948 pages
...women are the teachers. THE SHRUBBERY WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION O HAPPY shades ! to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fixed unalterable care Forgoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And slights... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1905 - 436 pages
...of words and cadences, almost new of its kind in English verse — O happy shades ! to me unblest, Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...hurt than mine, And please, if anything could please. How perfect, how unimprovable,1 are these stanzas ! A single word of them could not be changed but... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1907 - 584 pages
...poem is the record. THE SHRUBBERY WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION O happy shades — to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...rest, agree ! This glassy stream, that spreading pine, These alders quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul less hurt than mine, And please, if any thing... | |
 | Andrew Lang, John Churton Collins - 1907 - 588 pages
...poem is the record, THE SHRUBBERY WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION O happy shades — to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree 1 This glassy stream, that spreading pine, These alders quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul... | |
 | William Cowper - 1908 - 632 pages
...shades ! to me unblest ! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene rt"»* "fffri "*°fi This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fixed unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And slights... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 pages
...swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. cc THE SHRUBBERY O happy shades! to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to me! How ill the scene...that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree! 5 This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul... | |
 | 1908 - 464 pages
...be wise. T. Gray cc THE SHRUBBERY O happy shades! to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to mel How ill the scene that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree! 5 This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul... | |
 | 1910 - 542 pages
...rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he. $22 THE SHRUBBERY O HAPPY shades! to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to me! How ill the scene...than mine, And please, if anything could please. But fixed unalterable Care Foregoes not what she feels within, Shows the same sadness everywhere, And slights... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...see, Have a being less durable even than he. W. Cow 253- The Shrubbery HAPPY shades! to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to me ! How ill the scene...that offers rest, And heart that cannot rest, agree! 0 This glassy stream, that spreading pine, Those alders quivering to the breeze, Might soothe a soul... | |
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