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. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as... The Quarterly Review - Page 171829Full view - About this book
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...pofleft; The tear forgot as foon as fhed, The funfhine of the breaft : Theirs buxom health of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtlefs day, the eafy night. The fpirits pure, the flumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...poflcft; The tear forgot as won as feed, The funfliinc of the bread : Theirs buxom, health of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtlcfs day, the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the (lumbers light, That fly th'approach of morn.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...\vhenpoffeft; The tear forgot as loon as (bed, The funfliinc of the breaft : Theirs buxom health, of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtld's day, the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the {lumbers light, That fly th 'approach of morn.... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...poflefl'd; . The tear forgot as foon as shed, The funshine of the breaft : Theirs buxom health of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born; The thoughtlefs day the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the fl umbers light, That fly th' approach of morn.... | |
| John Burton - Education - 1794 - 462 pages
...when poffdt; The tear forgot as foon as fhed, The funftine of the breaft : Theirs buxom health of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born, The fpirits pure, the flumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn. He, then, with a kind of prophetic... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...poiTeft ; The tear forgot as foon Bt,fhed, The funfliine of ^he breall : Theirs buxom !:•;!!, of rofy hue : Wild wit, invention ever new. And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtlefs day, the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the Cumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...poffeft ; The tear forgot 35 loon as flicd, The funfhine of the bread : Theirs buxom health of rofy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughdefs day, the cal'y nicht, The fpints pure, tlie flumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn.... | |
| Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...The tear forgot as foon as died, The funfhine of the breaft; Theirs buxom health of rofy hue, • 4) Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtlefs day, the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the (lumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn.... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon...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,... | |
| Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1799 - 390 pages
...poffeft ; The tear forgot as foon as fbed, The funfliine of the breaft : Theirs buxom health, of rofy hue ; Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtlefs day, the eafy night, The fpirits pure, the flumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.... | |
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