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 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 582 pages
...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 : Theirs buxom Health, of rosy hue, Wild Wit, Invention ever-new, And lively Cheer, of Vigour born... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 402 pages
...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 ; Theirs buxom Health of rosy hue, Wild Wit, Invention ever new, And lively Cheer, of Vigour born ;... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...world to darkness and to me." Ibid. " Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ;... | |
 | 1829 - 600 pages
...hope. Of children, Gray says,— Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed The sunshine of the breast. There is a captivation in the smile of infant innocence, in its smooth and benign features, and in... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Connecticut - 1824 - 294 pages
...pleasures, are not to be encountered. " Theirs are the joys by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest, The tear forgot, as soon as shed, The sun-shine of the breast." This truth was well understood by Madam L , and practised with that ardour which the love of benevolence... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1064 pages
...every wind, And match a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possest ; : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue: Wild wit, invention ever new,. And lively cheer of vigour born;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...every wind, And snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by faney fed, Less pleasing when possest ; Ne never, sithen the first man was borne, Ne eoude man by : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue : Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively eheer, of vigour born... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. 40 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, 45 Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 600 pages
...whole group is animated and delightful. Gay Hope is their's, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot, as soon as shed, The sun-shine of the breast. ta ^,_T 356 357 Theirs batom liiv.Uli.uf rosy hue, Wild wit. Invention ever new. And lively cheer,... | |
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