...thought of some of the most beautiful passages of Gray, without their threatening conclusion i — ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While,...realm, ' .. In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, — . v . Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm." So it seemed, and so it was; for happier people...

...her situation in language almost as beautiful, and to the same effect, as the fine lines of Gray : " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gilded trim the gallant vessel goes, Youth at the prow, and Pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the...

...without their threatening conclusion : — • i '" ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, ti While, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, ,; . In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,— ., ._. y . 4 Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm.. So it seemed, and so it was; for happier...

...the imagery of this passage in his Bard, but dropt the allusion to the parable of the prodigal — ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, While,...That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' 3 So in Othello : ' The bawdy wind, that kisses all it meets.' It has been observed by Mr. Steevens...

...rests among the dead. The swarm, that in thy noontide beam were born ? Gone to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey. II. 3. " Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Ver. 64. Low on his funeral couch he...

...rests among the dead. The swarm, that in thy noon-tide beam were born, Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, While...Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects bis eveningprey. II. 3. « Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown,...

...Edward the Third, than the clouds and tempests which darkened the horizon of his unhappy grandson : Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey. A. — We have another illustration of the misfortunes...

...rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet windl (Merch. of Ven. Act II. »c. 6.) to the imitation in the Bard; Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim...

...and beggar'd by the strumpet wind !" (Merch. of Ven., Act II, sec. 6.) may be compared with Gray's "Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in...

...appropriately absent. The conventional language attains a certain splendour in the familiar passage: Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows While...goes Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Coleridge took exception to the concluding line on the grounds that it depended 'wholly on the compositors...