...recalling one of the most finished poems of our most finished poet — " Say, Father Thames, for thou ha»t seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleasure trace ; AVho foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall?...

...recalling one of the most finished poems of our most finished poet— " Say, Father Thames, for thoa hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green. The path» of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave AVith pliant arm thy glassy ware ? The...

...we find a succession of the same ideas, spriyhtliness or health, pleasure, and fleaving tie teaae: " Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on ray margent green, The path of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy...

...impression, the co-inherence of the brightness, the motion, and the line of motion. 2 i 10 I lines 21-30 Say, Father THAMES, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Desporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With...

...argument. One is taken from mid-eighteenth-century poetry; the other is taken from a poem by Wordsworth. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave? (Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College) In the sweet shire of Cardigan, Not far from...

...away a summer's afternoon. The picture is accompanied by Gray's poetic lines addressed to the river: Say Father Thames for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margin green, The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arms thy...

...of Henry the Sixth is seen among the trees. "Henrys holy shade. " line 4 "Her HENRY'S holy shade;" "Say Father Thames for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Who foremost &c" "Say, Father THAMES, for thou hast seen" "The captive linnet" The rolling circle"...

...unity of the impression, the coinherence of the brightness, the motion, and the line of motion. P. 10. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...pliant arm, thy glassy "wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?...

...other is taken from a pnem by Wordsworth, Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprighrly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of...delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave? ( Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College) In the sweer shite of Cardigan, Not far from...

...youth "with naked arm once more dividing]" the "yielding wave" of the Thames, which anticipates Gray's "Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave?" Gray may have read the Croxall poem before writing his own ode, but there is no need to posit direct...