But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest, Brush'd by the hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive, kind reply : Poor moralist... Country life [poems]. - Pàgina 71per Country life - 1873 - 147 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 pàgines
...hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply : Poor Moralist ! and what art thou ? Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pàgines
...rest. Mcthinks I hear in accents low Thu sportive kind reply ; " Poor moralist ! and what art thon ? A solitary fly ! Thy .joys no glittering female meets,...display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown: Thy sun is srt, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May." ODI: ON THE DEATH OF A FAVormiTP CAT, I>HO\VNED... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pàgines
...Poor moralist ! and what art thon ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive habt thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown : Thv sun is set, thy spring is gone — Wr frolic while 'tis May." ODE ON THE ПГЧТН OF A FAVOURITE... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pàgines
...the hand of rough Mischance; Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply; " Poor moralist ! and «hat art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets. No hive hast thou of hoarded... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 pàgines
...hand of rough mischance, or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply ;...moralist ! and what art thou ?"•— A solitary fly ! / . No. XVII. Utile dulci. HoRAT. To blend instruction with delight. IT is said of the late Duke... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1811 - 476 pàgines
...mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents tow, The sportive kind reply : •* Poor moralist ! and what art thou ?" — A solitary fly 1 No. XVII. Utilc dulci. HORAT. To blend instruction with delight. IT is said of the late Duke of Buckingham,... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pàgines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. 40 Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! NOTES. Ver. 31. To Contemplation s sober eye] "While insects from the threshold preach," Green, in... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pàgines
...hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply ; Poor...thou? A solitary fly! Thy joys no glittering female greets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth... | |
| 1818 - 596 pàgines
...g.ittcring female meets, No liive hast thou of hearted sweets, No painted plumage to display ; Oil hasty wings thy youth is flown, Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May." FROM CAMPBELL'S PLEASURES OF HOPE. At summer's eve, when Heaven's ferial bow Spans with bright arch... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pàgines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply : Poor...thy spring is gone — We frolic, while 'tis May. ODE II. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'TwAS on a lofty vase's side,... | |
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