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, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine - Page 71by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1861 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...ELECTION-CHAMBER REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. GRAY. WE have now placed our young scholar," pauper scholaris," on that ancient foundation which has... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, i Lees pleasing, when pnssest 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... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...in my conscience beseech the Almighty to bless. JSB A SHORT LETTER FROM A FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN. " The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." MY DEAR CHILDREN, IT has pleased the Almighty, in his infinite wisdom, to remove from you one of the... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...happiest season of existence. Thus Gray: Gay Hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast ! And Southey, speaking of his early years, and the place where he was educated, exclaims : CORSTON,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English fiction - 1831 - 400 pages
...down the hill towards the parsonage, reminding me of those pretty lines, so applicable to youth, " The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." I then joined the doctor, who thought it right to account to me for his having spoken harshly, as he... | |
 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. 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 vigor born ; The... | |
 | Caleb Cushing - Spain - 1833 - 332 pages
...her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring ! SHAKSPEARB. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed, 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 vigor born ;... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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 ;... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...happiest season of existence. Thus Gray: Gay Hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast ! And Southey, speaking of his early years, and the place where he was educated, exclaims : CORSTON,... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1836 - 632 pages
...It is certain that my father's family were established in Hampshire. CHAPTER II. SCHOOLBOY DAYS. " The tear forgot as soon as shed ; The sunshine of the breast." So says — or rather sings — the celebrated GRAY. It may be however a questionable dictum, whether... | |
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