William Cowper Quotes About Birds

Quotes about: Birds

• The fall of waters and the song of birds,
  And hills that echo to the distant berds,
  Are luxuries excelling all the glare
  The world can boast, and her chief favorites share.

  William Cowper

  Song, Retirement, Fall

• The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.

  William Cowper

  Wings, Bird, Endurance

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.334

• Come, evening, once again, season of peace;
  Return, sweet evening, and continue long!
  Methinks I see thee in the streaky west,
  With matron step, slow moving, while the night
  Treads on thy sweeping train; one hand employ'd
  In letting fall the curtain of repose
  On bird and beast, the other charged for man
  With sweet oblivion of the cares of day.

  William Cowper

  Sweet, Moving, Fall

  William Cowper, James Montgomery (1859). “Poems ... With an introductory essay by James Montgomery. [With plates.]”, p.215

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