 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 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 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,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 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'... | |
 | C A. Bolen - 1827 - 728 pages
...highly piqued herself. CHAPTER V. Gaj hop* is theirs, by Fancy fed, I-ess pleasing when possess'rl; 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 the... | |
 | 1829 - 590 pages
...beyond their years. Let them have their day whilst it lasts— i (jav j,ope be flieirs, by fancy led, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon...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 Fordyce Mavor - English literature - 1829 - 540 pages
...the gay fancies of hope which then danced before my enchanted eyes. I take a pleasing retrospect of The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly 'th approach of mom ; And for a moment I forget the weary steps I have since trodden, the disappointed... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 586 pages
...breast : 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, the slumbers light, v That fly the approach of morn." All this be theirs — but amidst all the things taught them, let... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...the breast. Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wir, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour as. which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the piny ; Ko sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day ; Yet see bow all around 'em wait... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, i Lees pleasing, when pnssest 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'... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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, The spirits pure,... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...life. Some will have it that the school-barfs life is the happiest season of existence. Thus Gray: Gay Hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast ! And Southey, speaking of his early years, and the place where he was educated, exclaims : CORSTON,... | |
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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. 
