 O happy age! when Hope's unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth, Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them birth, And threw them on...  Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register - Seite 401832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them And threw them on a world so full of pain, Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And to deaf... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 Seiten
...green path, and prompts their simple mirth ; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound tbe wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them And threw them on a world so full of pain, Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And to deaf... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth ; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them And threw them on a world so full of pain, Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And to deaf... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1993 - 370 Seiten
...wood. t Thomson [James Thomson, The Seasons, "Autumn," line 191]. Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the...birth, And threw them on a world so full of pain, I0 Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And, to deaf Pride, Misfortune pleads in vain! Ah!... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 2003 - 96 Seiten
...unclouded ray 5 Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth, Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the...birth, And threw them on a world so full of pain, 10 Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And, to deaf pride, misfortune pleads in vain! Ah!... | |
 | Paula R. Backscheider - 2005 - 556 Seiten
...unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the...birth, And threw them on a world so full of pain. (Curran, 30-31) In their beauty and craftsmanship Smith's lines compare favorably to Gray's. In both... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 612 Seiten
...feel the thorns that, lurking, lay To Voiind the wretched pilgrims of the earth. Bidding them cnrfe the hour that gave them birth, And threw them on a world fo full of pain, <• Where profperous folly treads on patient worth, And, to deaf priJe, misfortune... | |
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