 And seldom needs a laboured roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, That to the Kind, by special grace, Their instinct surely came.  Our Native Songsters - Page 80by Anne Pratt - 1852 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...requires. And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The Hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied Abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Olhers are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1835 - 262 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a labored roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The Hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied Abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | 1843 - 346 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook; Others are pent-housed by a brae That... | |
 | 1843 - 378 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook; Others are pent-housed by a brae That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...seek An opportune recess, The hermit has no finer eye These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfeet fitness for its aim, That to the Kind by special grace Their instinet surely came. And when for their abodes they seek Ал opportune receos, The hermit has no... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The Hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. Si«i-. .; i "i . so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim,...The Hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook j Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
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