 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...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 snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...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 snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...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...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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, —... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...lea, 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...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 - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...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 essays - 1823 - 440 pages
...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 snatch a fearful joy. GRAY. VOL. XX H. M " It may possibly be objected, that our menchildren are too big to be whipt like... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 336 pages
...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 snatch a fearful joy. ' It may possibly be objected, that our men-children are too big to be whipped like school-boys ; but... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 636 pages
...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 snatch a fearful joy. ' It may possibly be objected, that our men-children are too big to be whipped like school-boys ; but... | |
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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. 
