 | William Cowper - 1803 - 386 pages
...May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a fpeck The dazzling fplendour of the fcene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale; And through the trees I view the embattled tower, Whence all the mufic. I again perceive The foothing influence of the wafted ftrains,... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast,The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...speck, The dazzling splendour of the scene below. COWPE*. THIS last book of the Task is not inferior to the • others, which we have examined in succession... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a fpeck The dazzling fplendour of the fcene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view the embattled tower, Whence all the mufic. I again perceive The foothing influence of the wafted ftrains,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...splendour of the scene below. Again the harmony comes over the vale ; And through the trees I view the embattled tower, Whence all the music. I again perceive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...northern Mast, The season smiles, resigning all it's rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault i« Hue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene helow. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; .i '-. And through the trees I view th' emhattled tow'r,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May, The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendor of the scene below. Again the harmony conies o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The. dazzling splendor of the scene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view th'... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pages
...warmth of May. The vanlt is blne Withont a clond, and white withont a speck The dazzling splendonr of the scene below. Again the harmony comes o'er the vale; And throngh the trees I view th' embattled tow'r, Whence all the mnsic. I again perceive The soothing inflnence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 248 pages
...hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without...a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below, u 3 Again the harmony comes o'er the vale ; And through the trees I view th' embattled tow'r, Whence... | |
 | 1831 - 1044 pages
...with small sparkling diamonds, the prevalent emotion is Joy. So Cowper felt, when he simply said, " The vault is blue, Without a cloud, and white without...speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below." There is a charm in the sudden and total disappearance even of the grassy green. All the " old familiar... | |
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The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May.... 
