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" I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. "
The American Journal of Sociology - Page 503
1919
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

1822 - 600 pages
...incumbrances. I like solitude, when I give myself up to it, for the sake of solitude ; nor do I ask for • "a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet." The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go a...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal ..., Volume 3

1822 - 592 pages
...incumbrances. ike solitude, when I give myself up to it, for the sake of solitude; nor do I ask for "a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet.'; The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go a...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 4

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...solitude, when I give myself up to it, for the sake of solitude ; nor do I ask for — — — — " a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet." The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go a...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 3

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 468 pages
...the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd, " How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude !" But grant ine still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper, " solitude is sweet." An affectionate friend does, indeed, illumine with a serene lustre, that engaging society of solitude,...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant...retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq

William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pages
...lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die.' I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant...retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...lie, Where all good qualities grow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant...retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 432 pages
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...living He, Where all good qualities crow sick and die. I praise the Frenchman,4 his remark was shrewdHow sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant...retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet. Vet neither these delights, nor aught beside, Thai appetite can ask, or wealth provide, Can save us...
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The Evangelical rambler [by T. East]., Volume 1

1824 - 444 pages
...ilontton: PRINTED FOR FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERS'COURT, AND AVE-MAR1A-LANE. 1824. A SABBATH AT HOME. " How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, When I may whisper,—solitude is sweet. Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside, That appetite...
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