 How sweet the tuneful bells responsive peal ! As when, at opening morn, the fragrant breeze Breathes on the trembling sense of wan disease, So piercing to my heart their force I feel ! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now along the...  Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 15by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1791 - 282 pages
...— and tin.' d.iy To life's sad turmoil calls my heart away. SONNET XL AT OSTEXD. fmr u, 178?. HOW sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when,...! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide, They fling their melancholy musick. wide ; Bidding me many... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 208 pages
...— and the day To life's sad turmoil calls my heart away. SONNET XI. AT OSTEND, JD1T M, 1787. I~1OW sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when,...! And hark! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide, They fling their melancholy musick wide; Bidding me many a... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - English poetry - 1805 - 216 pages
...the day To life's sad turmoil calls my heart away. SOSNETS. 15 SONNET XI. AT OSTEND, JULT »2, 1787. sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when,...! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide, They fling their melancholy musick wide ; Bidding me many... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...illustrative of feelings on hearing the bells ring. SONNET. Written, at Ottend, July 22, 1787. Bow sweet the tuneful bells responsive peal ! As when...breeze Breathes on the trembling sense of wan disease, And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white aud level tide, They fling... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 574 pages
...Her woes are buried, and her heart is still. SONNET WRITTEN AT OSTEND. How sweet the tuneful bell's responsive peal ! As when, at opening morn, the fragrant...! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now along the white and level tide They fling their melancholy music wide ; Kidding me many a tender... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...to linger many a summer's day, Nor heeds how fast the prospect winds away. WIIITTEN AT OSTEND, How sweet the tuneful bells responsive peal ! As when,...feel! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now along tho white and level tide They fling their melancholy music wide, Bidding me many a tender... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...agreeably illustrative of feelings on hearing the bells ring. SONHET. Written at Ostend, July 22, 1787. How sweet the tuneful bells responsive peal ! As when...sense of wan disease. So piercing to my heart their fore* I feel ! And hark ! with lettering cadence now they fall, And now, along the whito and level... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...How sweet the tuneful bells responiive peal '. As when at opening morn, the fragrant breeze Breaths on the trembling sense of wan disease, So piercing...feel! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide, They fling their melancholy music wide ; Bidding me many a... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...long-lost friend, From whom, in happier hours, we wept to part. WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES. AT OSTEND. How sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when,...! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide, They fling their melancholy music wide ; Bidding me many a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...comes on. 10 With easy force it opens all the cells Where memory slept1. Wherever I have heard 1 How sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when...feel. And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall ; And now along the white and level tide They fling the melancholy music wide ; Bidding me many a tender... | |
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