 The dew, the shower, the sunshine ; the balmy blessed air, Spend nothing of their freshness, though all may freely share. The happy careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick...  The New Mirror - Page 16edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...The happy, careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and wish the light away; Nor when 't is gone, cry dolefully, " Would God that it were day !" And when their lives are over, they drop... | |
 | Caroline Bowles Southey - Poetry - 1845 - 208 pages
...share. The happy careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...rest, Unconscious of the penal doom, on holy Nature's breast— No pain have they in dying—no shrinking from decay. Oh ! could we but return to earth as... | |
 | Caroline Bowles Southey - English literature - 1851 - 380 pages
...share. The happy careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...rest, Unconscious of the penal doom, on holy Nature's breast — No pain have they in dying — no shrinking from decay. Oh ! could we but return to earth... | |
 | Literature - 1857 - 240 pages
...share. The happy careless creatures! of time they take no heed; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...rest, Unconscious of the penal doom, on holy Nature's breast ; No pain have they in dying — no shrinking from decay — Oh! could we but return to earth... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Songs, English - 1858 - 322 pages
...share. The happy, careless creatures! of time they take no heed, Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...are over, they drop away to rest, Unconscious of the final doom, on Nature's holy breast; No pain have they in dying, no shrinking from di-cay, Oii, could... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1862 - 760 pages
...share. Tbe happy careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick Impatience, and...rest. Unconscious of the penal doom, on holy Nature's breast ; No pain have they In dying, no shrinking from decay. Oh ! could we but return to earth as... | |
 | Flowers - 1864 - 206 pages
...share. The happy careless creatures I of Time they take no heed; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and wish...gone, cry dolefully, " Would God that it were day I" And when their lives are over, thoy drop away to rest, Unconscious of the penal doom on holy Nature's... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1865 - 758 pages
...The happy careless creatures ! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of hi» creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...drop away to rest, Unconscious of the penal doom, ou holy Nature's breast ; No pain have they in dying, no shrinking from decay. Oh ! could we but return... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...share. The happy, careless creatures ! of Time they take no heed; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...rest, Unconscious of the penal doom on holy Nature's breast ; No pain have they in dying — no shrinking from decay, — Oh! could we but return to earth... | |
 | Church work with the poor - 1874 - 398 pages
...share. The happy careless creatures! of time they take no heed ; Nor weary of his creeping, nor tremble at his speed ; Nor sigh with sick impatience, and...gone, cry dolefully, " Would God that it were day I" And when their lives are over, they drop away to rest, Unconscious of the penal doom, on holy Nature's... | |
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