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" Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. "
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with ... - Page 9
by Thomas Gray - 1807
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs,...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,...
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The book of the Grand junction railway

Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 pages
...spirits, and he could not but recall those beautiful lines of the poet Gray to his remembrance, — " Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when...Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention етег-new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure,...
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The Book of the Months: A Gift for the Young

Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...wish expressed in this manner : — " Gay hope be yours, by fancy led, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." Frank thought his motto not inappropriate, as he was of a very lively disposition, and was even sometimes,...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still, as they run, they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind,...Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Their buxom health, of rosy...
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The Mirror of parliament, ed. by J.H. Barrow. 8th parl., 2nd ..., Volume 1

1840 - 948 pages
...in the existence of this tranquillity, still doubt its permanency, and believe that it is only skin They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Such is not my opinion. My own opinion is, that this tranquillity is consequent upon the introduction...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind,...Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess' d ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. Theirs buxom health, of rosy...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare 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 breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild...
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Environs of London: Western Division

John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...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...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,...
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Instructive Extracts, Comprising Religious and Moral Instruction, Natural ...

1843 - 350 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry ; Still, as they run, they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind,...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,...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run, ising, the east scrupulous, possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. Theirs buxom health of rosy...
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