 | 1826 - 310 Seiten
...wing My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father THAMES, for thou hast seen Full many a...chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 488 Seiten
...but a literal, prosaic, Cockney translation of the admired lines in Gray's Ode to Eton College: — " What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed Or urge the flying ball ?" A man shut up all his life in his shop, without any thing to interest him from one year's end... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 Seiten
...wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe. And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father THAMES, for thou hast seen Full many a...pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father Thames (for thou hast seen Full many a...pliant arm thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthrall What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, While some on earnest business Bent Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...breathe a second spring. King Henry the Sixth, founder of t Say, father Thames, for thou bast Been Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent...pliant arm thy glassy wave The captive linnet which entnratt What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed Or urge the flying ball? While... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...CYCLOPEDIA OF Smy, Father Thames, for thon hast seen, Full many a sprightly race. Disporting on thy inargent prosperity, When fortune smiles upon us. Oitoo. Let the fools Who follow fortune live upo classy wave? The captive liunet which inthral? What idle progeny encceed To chase the rolling circle's... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father Thames (for thou hast seen Full many a...chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While some, on earnest business bent, Their muruvring labors ply 'Gainst graver hours, that... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames (for thou hast seen Full many a...trace) Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arms, thy glassy wave? The captive linnet, which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 Seiten
...gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe And redolent of joy and youth To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...; Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arms, thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the... | |
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Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave... 
