Twas paper'd o'er with studious themes, The tasks I wrote — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never... Poems - Seite 134von Thomas Hood - 1846 - 229 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1826 - 570 Seiten
...fast and far it flew ! Whilst I, a sort of Franklin, drew My pleasure from the sky ! 'Twas papered o'er with studious themes, The tasks I wrote, —...The world knocks to and fro, — My archery is all unlearned, And grief against myself has turned My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| 1826 - 600 Seiten
...archery is all unlearned, > . '"', ,11 -:.V •'. ^n^ Grief against myself has turned v.-. '• ' ., My arrows and my bow. ^ ...!..,,, ' No more in noontide sun I bask ; .-'(. j, . ,•• My authorship's an endless task ; r <lV tf. • My head's ne'er out of school.... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1827 - 486 Seiten
...; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon...The world knocks to and fro, — My archery is all unlearned, And grief against myself has turned No more in noontide sun I bask ; My authorship 's an... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1827 - 180 Seiten
...fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro ; My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask;... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 Seiten
...fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself...The world knocks to and fro ; — My archery is all unlearned, And grief against myself has turned My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 Seiten
...fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself...The world knocks to and fro ; — My archery is all unlearned, And grief against myself has turned My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 Seiten
...; And the song and the dance were hush'd around, With the fireside tale of mirth. cS My foothall's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself,...The world knocks to and fro — My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turo'd My arrows and ray bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...fears prevail, my fancies droop ; Joy never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call. My football's laid upon the shelf: — I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro. My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...; My flights soon find a fall : My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My foot-ball 's laid upon...myself, The world knocks to and fro. My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has tura'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 Seiten
...lead 5 My nights soon find a fall : My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My foot-ball 's laid upon...myself, The world knocks to and fro. My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
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