 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Loneliness - 1819 - 410 pages
...breast : Theirs, buxom health, of rosy hue j Wild wit, invent,on ever knew, And lively eheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the approaeh of morn. He, therefore, who does not possess suffieient aetivity to keep the body and mind... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English poetry - 1820 - 548 pages
...Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. i Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest...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,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing, when...Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th'... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest...buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever uew, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever uew, And lively cheer, of vigour born ;... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; 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, N The spirits pure,... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...every object, novelty; every prospect, hope. — Of children, Gray observes : — Gay hope is their's, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. There is a captivation in the smile of infant innov ence, — in its smooth and benign features, —... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - England - 1822 - 218 pages
...with the charming simplicity, order and regularity of my Alma Mater; and I remembered with regret, " The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th' approach of morn." Which gave me such pure, unclouded happiness in the excellent institution of... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Ibid. " Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest...Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.. Gay hope is theirs by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...Wild Wit, Invention ever new, And lively Cheer, of Vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th'... | |
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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. 
