 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds: Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Oft did the harvest to... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Save that 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. Beneath those rugged elms,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1839 - 320 pages
...holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, Save Queen Victoria, who the sceptre holds ! Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain — Save all the ministers that be in power, Save all the Royal Sovereigns that reign ! Let... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; — 3. Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. 4. Beneath those nigged... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...stillness holds'; Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight', And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds': Save', that 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'. Beneath these rugged... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...stillness holds— Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms,... | |
 | Francis Mahony - French poetry - 1836 - 696 pages
...which sterling merit challenges from every freeborn inhabitant of these islands, — " Save where, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of those who, venturing near her silent bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign." Moore — (we beg his... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Save where the beetle* wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; 3. Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. 4. Beneath those rugged... | |
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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 tower, The moping owl does to... 
