...Ida'iian queen — Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. AT the close of the day, whau the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness...the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symph onions, a hermit began: No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though...

...sweet, sequestered vale. Its beauties grow upon me. What a spot is this to muse in at summer-tide ! " At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove." I am now in the middle of the narrow valley, and the deep hollow yonder, filled with water, and skirted...

...Mirth's enlivening strain ; For present pleasure soon is o'er, And all the past is vaiii.' The Hermit. At hear. Not less picturesque arc the following passages, which instantly b forgetfulncss prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's...

...relish those pure, delicious joys which embellish and gladden the life of man. The Hermit. BEATTIE. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rang symphonious, a hermit began; No more with himself, or with nature, at war, He thought as a sage,...

...least of all, such change as they would bring us. LESSON CXXVIII. ' XV The Hermit. — BEATTIE. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...'Twas thus by the cave of the mountain afar, While his Ijarp rung symphonious, a hermit* began No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a...

...accent of the noun (as in the previous example) into that of the verb. THE HERMIT. DR. BEATTIE. AT the cl'ose of the da'y, when the ha'mlet is st'ill,...gr'ove ; 'Twas th'us, by the cave of the mountain af 'ar, While his harp rung sympho'nious, a Hermit be'gan ; No more with himse'lf or with na'ture at...

...lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers. Cowper. THE HERMIT.5 AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 1 Weaves — ie weaves lace with bobbins upon a pillow. 2 Cheerful, gay — He is cheerful, who is...

...still, And mortals the sweets of (brgetfulness prove; When uought, but the torrent, U heard on the bill, And nought, but the nightingale's song, in the grove....Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While hii harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself, or with nature at war, He thought...

...moments of melancholy thought, such as poets are exposed to, he wrote the beautiful poem that begins " At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals, &c. 'Twas then by the cave of a mountain reclined, An hermit his nightly complaint thus began : Tho'...

...this to muse alone in summer-tide, or when the sere loaves of autumn are trembling on the bough ! " At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And...And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove." The little vale is bounded wholly on one side, and partially on the other, by a wood ; and a narrow...