 Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat. To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the...  Poems, - Страница 121по William Cowper - 1803 - 363 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1840 - 378 страници
...his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th'... | |
 | James Bennett - 1840 - 494 страници
..." Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, " To peep at such a world — to see the stir " Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; " To hear the roar she sends through all her gates " At a safe distance, where the dying sound " Falls a faint murmur... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 328 страници
...pardoned. " 'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls, a soft murmur, on... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1841 - 264 страници
...he says, " Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world : to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd: To hear the roar she sends through all her gates, At a safe distance, where the dying sounds, Falls a soft murmur on... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 страници
...bread. 7. 'Tis pleasant, through the loop-holes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th'... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 страници
...his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir , or even the loom of the weaver, let she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 страници
...DISTANCE. Tis pleaSRiit— through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends, through all her gate», At a safe distance, where the dying sound, Falls a soft murmur —... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 страници
...his bread. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 страници
...DISTAJTCK. Tis pleasant — through the loopholes of rctrcct, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends, through nil her gatca At a safe distance, where the dying sound, Falls a soft murmur —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 страници
...his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th'... | |
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