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" And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired : The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ... - Page 153
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 527 pages
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Poetry for school and home, from the best authors, ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering Jovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired. The dancing pah- that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of...
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The Recreations of a Country Parson

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - Clergy - 1861 - 468 pages
...spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights...holding out to tire each other down, — The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place, — The bashful virgin's...
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The Recreations of a Country Parson. Second Series

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Recreations - Conduct of life - 1861 - 474 pages
...spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights...holding out to tire each other down, — The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place,— The bashful virgin's...
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Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c

Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, "While secret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's...
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The Recreations of a Country Parson

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1861 - 472 pages
...And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went ronnd. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding...holding out to tire each other down, — The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place, — The bashful virgin's...
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Poetry for Repetition

Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day,...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place , The bashful virgin's...
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The historical, biographical and poetical reader; or, Scholar's companion

John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil, remitting, lent its turn...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place, The bashful virgin's...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter' d round the place, The bashful virgin's...
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The Progressive English reading books, Volume 3

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending, as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's...
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