 O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless...  The Poems of William Collins - Seite 52von William Collins - 1898 - 135 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Collins - 1802 - 206 Seiten
...short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn : As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against...borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, Maid compos'd, 1 To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 198 Seiten
...short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but -sullen horn : I As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against...borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, Maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 168 Seiten
...short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing ; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight, path, Against...borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften' d strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 Seiten
...short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, -Against...borne in heedless hum: Now teach me, maid compos'd, •To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening May not unseemly... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 Seiten
...shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oil he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim...borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, 61 Whose numbers, stealing through thy dark'ningvaie, May not unseemly with its st illness suit ; As,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...short shrill shrieks flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn , As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path , Against the pilgrim borne in heedless [nun, Now teach me, maid coinpos'd, To breathe some softened strain , "Whose numbers stealing through... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 Seiten
...short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against...borne in heedless hum ; Now teach me, maid compos'd ! To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale May not unseemly... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 Seiten
...best the hour when the Eiiglish beetle, with less offensive sound, " winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum*." The travellers crossed the Arno by. moon-light, at a ferry, and learning that. Pisa wasMistant only... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hunt: Now teach me, maid compost. To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 Seiten
...short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing ; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against...borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly... | |
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