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
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn. Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 páginas
...descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. 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 doom, The little victims play ; No sense have they... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 páginas
...describes the happy temper of boyhood:— " Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn." The routine of an Eton academic course is too generally known to require repetition in this place;... | |
| 1843 - 350 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...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn. GrayLOVE OF COUNTRY. — SCOTLAND. BREATHES there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed ; esteem by her real virtues, she also engaged their...difficult circumstances ; and none ever conducted he Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor... | |
| 1908 - 556 páginas
...object indeed is well expressed in an ode familiar to us all; it is to secure for its proteges— Their buxom health of rosy hue Wild wit, invention ever...the slumbers light That fly the approach of morn. Dr. Biss having replied to questions from members of the audience, a vote of thanks concluded the proceedings.... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1829 - 584 páginas
...have their day whilst it lasts — ' yay hope be tne;rSi by fancy icd, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sun-shine of...the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.' All this be theirs — but amidst all the things taught them, let not the one thing needful be the... | |
| James Kent, William Kent - 2001 - 394 páginas
...the recollection of his mother, but — "Gay hope is his by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed The sunshine of the breast." On Saturday in the afternoon I took him and Bess over to Bath for a little sail. Yesterday he went... | |
| 2004 - 228 páginas
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...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... | |
| Paula R. Backscheider - 2005 - 556 páginas
...by human emotions, such as ambition and envy, and then by the pains and disappointments of old age: The thoughtless Day, the easy Night, The Spirits pure, the Slumbers light, That fly th' Approach of Morn. Alas, regardless of their Doom, The little Victims play! Smith's transition is... | |
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