 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 sayfa
...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...sun is set, 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... | |
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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... 
