The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ... - Página 342por William Spalding - 1853 - 422 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 páginas
...with the charming simplicity, order and regularity of my Alma Mater; and I remembered with regret, " The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th' approach of morn." Which gave me such pure, unclouded happiness in the excellent institution of... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 páginas
...— Of children, Gray observes : — Gay hope is their's, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. There is a captivation in the smile of infant innov ence, — in its smooth and benign features, —... | |
| William Banks - 1823 - 462 páginas
...world to darkness and to me." Ibid. " Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn." Ibid. " Even thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine — no distant date ; Stern Ruin's... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.. Gay hope is theirs by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn. Alas ! regardless of their doomj The little victims play ! No sense have they... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...every wind, And match a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possest ; th' approach of mom. Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 402 páginas
...fed, Less pleasing when possest;The tear fbrgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Their's buxom Health of rosy hue, • Wild Wit, Invention...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn. GRAT. MANY fanciful methods have been invented by those who wished to render puerile sports conducive,... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 294 páginas
...pleasures, are not to be encountered. " Theirs are the joys by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest, The tear forgot, as soon as shed, The sun-shine of the breast." This truth was well understood by Madam L , and practised with that ardour which the love of benevolence... | |
| 1829 - 600 páginas
...hope. Of children, Gray says,— Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed The sunshine of the breast. There is a captivation in the smile of infant innocence, in its smooth and benign features, and in... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 páginas
...every wind. And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : 'rs buxom health of rosy hue, wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour bnrn ; The thoughtless... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...every wind, And snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by faney fed, Less pleasing when possest ; Ne never, sithen the first man was borne, Ne eoude...Contrefete the sophimes of his art ; Ne were worthy to un eheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light,... | |
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