...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 prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove : Twas...

...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 mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove; 'Twas...

...He, 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 mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove ; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 1...

...the 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,...m'ortals the swee'ts of forge'tfulness prove ; When nou'ght/ but the to'rrent/ is heard on the h'ill, And noug'ht/ but the nightingale's son'g in the gr'ove...

...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'...

...there is one unaccented syllable, throughout the stanza; ie the accent occurs on every other syllable. At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And the mortals the sweets of forgetmlness prove, And when nought but the torrent is heard on the hill,...

...summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again. THE HERMIT. — Beattie. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,...And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, And naught but the nightingale's song in the grove ; 'T...

...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 mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove; When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove." The...

...anapœstic English verse, except that the lines are longer. I mean such strains as Beanie's : — " At the close of the day when the hamlet is still,...And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove , When nought hut the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove." E....

...impart, Till the freed spirit springs on high In rapture too severe for weak mortality.' THE HEUMIT. AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forget fulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought hut the nightingale's...