 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 378 pages
...wlrich he cannot be deprived. How truly may he exclaim with the poet, ' I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; ' You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace...shut the windows of the sky, ' Through which Aurora shews her brightening face ; ' Yon cannot bar my constant feet to trace 'The woods and lawns, by living... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 282 pages
...complacency, and with dignified composure. " I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of lair nature's grace; You cannot shut the windows of the...trace The woods and lawns by living stream at eve." But that which, perhaps more than all, recommends the silent lessons which the mind may receive through... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...Muses meed decree, They praised are alone, and starve right merrily. I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ;...the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream at eve : Let health... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...her brightening face: You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living ftream at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace,...their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. THOMSON. DAY 36 Day and Night. PAY AND NIGHT. WHEN the gay fun... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...meed decree, They praised are alone, and starve right merrily. in. I care not, fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through whichAurora shews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 458 pages
...to have felt the full force of this principle, when he exclaims: " I care not Fortune! what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ;...constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living streair,, at eve ; Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1809 - 348 pages
...Ihows her beauteous face. You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living ftream at eve: Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace,...their toys to the great children leave; Of fancy, veafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. ' A party of friends were going on a tour, and they determined... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...bright'ning face; You cannot bar ray constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by livingstream, alert : conies to seise the certain prey, And starves exhausted tcascn, virtuc,nought cnn me bereave. B 0 OK If. Come then, my Muse, and raise a bolder song j Come,... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...Nature's grace; You cannot shut the window^ of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her bright'ning face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace , The woods and lawns by living stream at eve.* Such minds have always in them the seeds of true taste, and frequently of imitative genius. At least,... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...he exclaims: flcare not Fortune! \vhat you me deny; . You cannot rob me of free Nature'* |L^ grace; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, ateeve; Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great cUldren leave, Of... | |
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I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream,... 
