Twas paper'd o'er with studious themes, The tasks I wrote — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never... The Works of Thomas Hood... - Page 398by Thomas Hood - 1861Full view - About this book
| 1826 - 600 pages
...never soar so high ! ' My joys are wingless all, and dead :' My dumps are made of more than tead ; My flights soon find a fall; • My fears prevail,...football's laid upon the shelf:— . » .'••*. i", -i. -i I am a shuttlecock myself •• ;:,•;•„ \, The world knocks to and fro. . . . • ,,,...... | |
| Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...Will never soar so high. My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall : My fears prevail, my...never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro, — My... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1827 - 180 pages
...Will never soar so high! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my...myself The world knocks to and fro ; My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask;... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1827 - 240 pages
...fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf ; I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro ; — My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - Gift books - 1827 - 486 pages
...Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My nights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
| Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...; And the song and the dance were hush'd around, With the fireside tale of mirth. cS My foothall's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself,...The world knocks to and fro — My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turo'd My arrows and ray bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead : My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my...myself The world knocks to and fro. My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My foot-ball 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself, The world knocks to and fro. My archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask... | |
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