 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the...  Advanced Grammar and Composition - Page 329by Eliphalet Oram Lyte - 1899 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...is still or quiet, nothing but the hum of the beetle and the tinkling of the sheep bells are heard. 9 "Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,...droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; The landscape or prospect is said to " glimmer ;" that is, to shine faintly. Solemn. — The... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, • Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...folds ; 'Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, 'L he moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower, Mulest h«... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the heetle wheels his drony flight. And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her sacred how'r, Molest... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the•moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...the sight,. And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle wings his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as,' wand'ring near her secret bow'r. Molest... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The mopeing owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings...the distant folds. Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...thesight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, z p q r s , | } tow'r, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such, as wand' ring near her secret bow'r, Molest... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save jvhere the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain, Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest... | |
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