 Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader, browner shade, Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 5by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...muse shall sit and think (At ease icclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, Howlow, how little are the proud, How indigent the great !...Still is the toiling hand of care ; The panting herds repose : Yet, hark, how thro' the peopled air 'I!.'- busy murmur glowi 1 The insect youth are on the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 606 pages
...sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) •; . How vain the ardor of the crown, How low, hew child Strelch'd I'onli his little aniis and »mil'd. This |x:ncil take, (she said), whose colors cle repose : Yet, hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardor of the crowd, How low, how little are the prond ! How indigent the great! Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose, Yet hark ! how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...water's rushy brink \Vith me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vmin the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the...! Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herd's repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! Th« insect youth are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...Muse shall sit, and think (At ease rcclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, Kow herd's repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...f \t case rerlin'd in rustic state) ¸سطس vain the ardour of the croud, How low, how little arc the proud, How indigent the great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care: The panting herd's repose : Vet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows f The insect youth are... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1811 - 394 pages
...concerns, as to identify my conceptions with those of the poet, where he exclaims, How vain the ardor of the crowd* How low, how little are the proud,' How indigent the great ! The amusements I have been speaking of, were of no advantage to me as a student ; but what was lost... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 300 pages
...Be fide Come water's rufhy brink With me the mufe fhall fit and think .(At eafe reclin'd in ruftic ftate,) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low,...of care : The panting herds repofe: Yet, hark, how through the peopled air The bufy murmur glows ! The infe<ft youth are on the wing, Eager to talte the... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...resemblance to this passage. Fletcher's Purpl. Island, ch. i. ver. 30 : (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great ! 20 Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink Wild me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd ! How low, how little...Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose ; Yet, hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the... | |
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