...Dearer than self, possesses or possess' d A thought, and claims the homage of a tear ; A flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain,...foaming falls to lean — • This is not solitude ; 't is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd. XXVI. But 'midst the...

...loneliness, to range amid the magnificence of nature, and "hold high converse with her charms :" — " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled." " But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,...

...instruction, rouse his dull and dormant admiration, and lead him from the joys without to those within. " To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll' d." Btpo*. » 8 Now, there is a large class in this world of plodding, industrious, devout...

...Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear; A flashing pang ! of which the weary breast Would still, albeit in vain,...falls to lean; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold [unroll'd. Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores XXVI. But midst the crowd, the hum, the...

...on rocks, tn muse o'er flood and fell, Siowly to trace the fores)'* shady scene, Where thinps Чип own not man's dominion dwell. And mortal foot hath...'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her store« unroll'df But let this tranquillity be broken in upon by any of the agreeable passions,...

...for no companions, for he feels no solitude. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, Slowly to trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude : "t is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her stores unroll'd. * But let this tranquillity...

...to trace the forest's shady scene. Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal lord hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless...steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude : 'I is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and see her stores unroll'd. t But let this tranquillity...

...— To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, \Vhcre things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ;...

...Much, indeed, does that man deserve our pity, who cannot feel as did the poet, when he exclaimed — To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly...climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flocks that never need a fold Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; '/7m- u not solitude ;...

...mountains loved to scan, And from the crest of Alps peruse the mighty plan. " 'T is ecstasy to brood o'er flood and fell," " To slowly trace the forest's...ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain aU unseen, With the 'vild flocks that never need a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean...