 The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the 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, That fly the approach...  The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns]. - Page 18by Book - 1841 - 139 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas F. Walker - 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...regardless of their doom. The little victims play I No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. Yet see how all around them wait The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...fo got as soon as shed, The siiiiHi iim- of the breast. Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wir, ral turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acudas....commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the the approach of morn. Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims piny ; Ko sense have they... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 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,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 332 pages
...ELECTION-CHAMBER REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. GRAY. WE have now placed our young scholar, " pauper scholaris" on that ancient foundation which has... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...ELECTION-CHAMBER REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. GRAY. WE have now placed our young scholar," pauper scholaris," on that ancient foundation which has... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...in my conscience beseech the Almighty to bless. JSB A SHORT LETTER FROM A FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN. " The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." MY DEAR CHILDREN, IT has pleased the Almighty, in his infinite wisdom, to remove from you one of the... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...happiest season of existence. Thus Gray: Gay Hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear 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,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 400 pages
...down the hill towards the parsonage, reminding me of those pretty lines, so applicable to youth, " The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." I then joined the doctor, who thought it right to account to me for his having spoken harshly, as he... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope Is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigor born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly the... | |
 | Eton coll - 1832 - 328 pages
...I see it not : the stanza of Gray's Ode, which it most resembles, contains these lines : " Thei'r's buxom health of rosy hue, " Wild wit, invention ever new, " And lively cheer of vigour born." It does not require the eyes of Argus to see that you in your own person are a practical contradiction... | |
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