 | 1848 - 636 Seiten
...anapœstic English verse, except that the lines are longer. I mean such strains as Beanie's : — " At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove , When nought hut the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 Seiten
...day. The harp, his s61e remaining J6y, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was h6 Who sung of ancient chivalry. — SCOTT. § 178. In...recurs regularly on every third syllable : — At the c!6se of the day, when the hamlet is still, And the mortals the sweets of forg£tfulness prove, And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...poems, and of various works in prose, was born in Laurencekirk in 1735, and died in 1803. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, And naught... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1850 - 152 Seiten
...by an 6rphan b6y. The last of all the birds was he Who sung of ancient chivalry. — SCOTT. § 368. In the following lines the accent recurs regularly on every third syllable : — At the c!6se of the day, when the hamlet is still, And the m6rtals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, And... | |
 | 1850 - 454 Seiten
...number. If the graceful poem is familiar to the reader, the aptness of the illustration will be apparent. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nanght but the torrent is heard on the hill, And naught... | |
 | 1850 - 340 Seiten
...bloom of beauty is : 0 may I sleep in couch as fair, And with a hope as bright as his ! THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 Seiten
...Mirth's enlivening strain; For present pleasure soon is o'er, And all the past ia vain.' THE HERMIT. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 Seiten
...the blooming band make haste to go; No ghost nor spell my long and last abode shall know. THE HERMIT. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove. When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 438 Seiten
...10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th ; that is, every other syllable. — Again, At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And the m6rtals the swce'ts of forgetful ness prfive, And when nought but the tfirrent is heard on the hill, And there... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...dread magnificence of Heaven, — Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven?' THE HERMIT. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought... | |
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At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove... 
