| History - 1778 - 626 pages
...which readers of taste will feel, when they learn The Unes her« a!this anecdote. luded toare: — < The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And floal amid the liquid noon: Somelighiljr o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim Quick... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1793 - 386 pages
...LITERARY OLLA. No. x. Cray the Pact,— d dialogue, concerning Youth. To D***d M*****u E*****e. — ' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the...amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. ' To contemplation's sober eye,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...present reading. Still is the toiling hand of Care; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect...the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...little are the Great. Still is the toiling hand of Care; The panting herds repose: Yet hark, how'thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect...the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...corrected it on acStill is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect...the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : b Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...great! Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose, Yet hark ! how thro' the peopled lir The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noou*; Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect...liquid noon: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled...liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...How low, hew little are the proud, How indigent the great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet, hark, how through the...The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wjjig, Hager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...indigent the great! Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose, Yet hark ! how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noon ; Some lightly o'er the current skim. Some shew their... | |
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