There is,' he once finely said, ' an eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul... Love; or, Self-sacrifice - Page 47by Mary Elizabeth Herbert (baroness Herbert of Lea.) - 1868Full view - About this book
| Englishmen - 1837 - 286 pages
...love of natural scenery, which grew with him from youth upwards. ' There is,' he once finely said, ' an eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1831 - 622 pages
...Mr. Richard Howitt has a fine taste for nature in all her simplicity. " There is," said Shelley, " an eloquence in the tongueless wind and a melody in the flowing brooks, and the rwstling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something... | |
| Englishmen - 1863 - 962 pages
...love of natural scenery, which grew with him from youth upwards. ' There is,' he once finely said, ' an eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something... | |
| Waring Earle - 1883 - 112 pages
...intonation of voice, or a vulgar use of words." Our ethereal and dainty-eared Shelley says—" There is an eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which, by their inconceivable relation to something... | |
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