 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 424 pages
...when it happens, as to justify the picture which the sweetest of our elegiac poets has drawn of us : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, . And snateh a fearful joy. It may possibly be objected, that our men-children are too big to be whipt like... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...bent Their murmuring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten ! iberty ; match a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possest ; The tear forgot... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American literature - 1824 - 294 pages
...acquaintance with the insufficiency of earthly pleasures, are not to be encountered. " Theirs are the joys by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest, The tear...forgot, as soon as shed, The sun-shine of the breast." This truth was well understood by Madam L , and practised with that ardour which the love of benevolence... | |
 | 1829 - 600 pages
...hope. Of children, Gray says,— Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed The sunshine of the breast. There is a captivation in the smile of infant innocence, in its smooth and benign features, and in... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...Disporting on thy margent green.] " By slow Meander's margent green And in the violet-embroider'd vale." And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. 40 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...some on earnest business bent Their murmuring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring eonstraint ved him for his obeisanee, And for the trouthe I demed...his herte, That if so were that any thing him smert desery ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voiee in every wind, And snateh a fearful... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...some, on earnest business bent, Their murmuring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain...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... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 600 pages
...heroes vary in age and temperament. The whole group is animated and delightful. Gay Hope is their's, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear...forgot, as soon as shed, The sun-shine of the breast. ta ^,_T 356 357 Theirs batom liiv.Uli.uf rosy hue, Wild wit. Invention ever new. And lively cheer,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : * King Henry VI. founder of the College. Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever-new, And lively cheer of vigour born ;... | |
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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. 
