Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects... An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste - Page 396by Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...in " The Bard," by GRAT : " Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, " While, proudly rising o'er the azure realm, " In gallant trim the gilded...Pleasure at the helm ; " Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, " That hush'd in grim repose, expects his ev'ning prey." Metonymy employs the name... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...were born ? " Gone to salute the rising morn. [blows, " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephjr " While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant...on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; " Regardless nf the sweeping whirlwind's sway, " That, hush'd In grim repose, expect* bir evening prey. " Fill high... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...rising morn : Fair langhs the morn, and soft the aephyr blows, While prondly riding o'er the aaure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth...and pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects bis ev'oiug prey. II. 3. Fill high the sparkling... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, " While proudly riding o'er the azure realm " In gallant (rim the gilded vessel goes;§ " Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; * Isabel of France, Edward the Second's adulterous queen, t Triumphs of Edward the Third in France.... | |
| Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...blows; « While proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youih on the prow, and pleasure at the helm. Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway That hush'd in grim repose expects his ev'ning prey. ART. IX. Tales of Former Times.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...fled ? Thy son is gone. He rests among the dead. The swarm, that in the noon-tide beam were bqjrn; Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn...Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his eveningprey. * Fill high the sparkling bowl,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...the parable of the prodigal) seems to have caught from this passage the imagery of the followiltg;. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, •...Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose, experts his evening-prey.** ' The iwrepose, however,... | |
| John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 414 pages
...bard there is very nearly the same image, to express nearly the same idea, in the form of an allegory. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...and pleasure at the helm. Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey. In these lines you discover... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...swarm, that in the noon-tide beam were born ; Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn ie, and soft the Zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er...Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his eveninjfprey. " ' Fill high the sparkling... | |
| John Shaw - 1810 - 270 pages
...no pretensions. Who but a daring Cretan would venture to imitate such splendid descriptions as this? Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While,...goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm. The enthusiasm which was kindled in the breast of Shaw, by the event that produced this ode, very soon... | |
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