 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 Seiten
...descry, Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Less pleasing when...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 th'... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 Seiten
...descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing, when...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 th'... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - 338 Seiten
...youth, To breathe a second spring.' You may remember, too, that — ' Gay hope was theirs, by fancy fed, The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast.' " " All that is true," said Willoughby ; " and you have selected half-a-dozen lines of happiness out... | |
 | 1838 - 332 Seiten
...descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when...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... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 Seiten
...spirits, and he could not but recall those beautiful lines of the poet Gray to his remembrance, — " Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when...Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention етег-new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure,... | |
 | 1839 - 204 Seiten
...wish expressed in this manner : — " Gay hope be yours, by fancy led, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." Frank thought his motto not inappropriate, as he was of a very lively disposition, and was even sometimes,... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...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 breast : Their buxom health, of rosy hue : Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...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 th'... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 Seiten
...describes the happy temper of boyhood:— " Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the...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... | |
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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. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed,... 
