| Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1808 - 698 pages
...cheat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine. Oh, that I were the little wren, That slirilly chirps from yonder glen! Oh, far away I then would...; And till death should stop my lays, Far from men wonld spend my days. About this time his mother was induced, by the advice of several friends, to open... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1811 - 456 pages
...fancy shine. " Oh, that I were the little wreji , That shrilly chirps from yonder glen ! Oh, far away 1 then would^ rove, To some secluded bushy grove; There...sing with careless glee, Hop and sing at liberty; Дно till death should stop my lays, Far from men would spend my days." Surely, here is no evidence... | |
| 1812 - 470 pages
...heaven-approaching joys Will never greet my longing eyes; Still will they cheat in vision fine, Vet never but in fancy shine. " Oh, that I were the little wren...grove; There hop and sing with careless glee, Hop aniV sing at liberty; And till death should stop my lays, Far from men would spend my jays." Surely,... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 398 pages
...heaven-approaching joys Will never greet my longing eyes ; Still will they cheat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine. Oh, that I were the little wren That...spend my days. About this time his mother was induced, l>y the advice of several friends, to open a Ladies' Boarding and Day School in Nottingham, her eldest... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...footstep flowers of choicest hue, And the glad aether loading with perfumes * Hene, on Ancient Mjstt ries. ections of these sights " Annihilate both time and...absence— out of place. May 4, 1825. From the preced In the " Perennial Calendar," Dr. Forster with great taste introduces a beautiful series of quotations... | |
| William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...heaveu-approaching joy» Will never greet my longing eyes ; Still will they cheat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine. Oh, that I were the little wren That...death should stop my lays, Far from men would spend my day». In the " Perennial Calendar," Dr Forster with great taste introduces a beautiful series of quotations... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...heareu-approaching joys Will never greet my longing eyes; Still will they cheat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine Oh, that I were the little wren That...chirps from yonder glen Oh, far away I then would готе, To some secluded !>ushy grore ; There hop and sing with careless glee, Hop and sing at liberty... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...heaveu-approaching joys Will never greet my longing eyes ; Still will they cheat in vision flue, Yet never but ning with eloquence her balmy side ; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat i 1 then would rove, To some secluded bushy grove ; There hop and sing with careless glee, Hop and sing... | |
| Henry Kirke White - English poetry - 1827 - 486 pages
...heaven-approaching joys Will never greet my longing eyes ; Still will they cheat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine. Oh, that I were the little wren That...should stop my lays, Far from men would spend my days. TO CONTEMPLATION. TEIEE do I own, the prompter of my joys, The soother of my cares, inspiring peace... | |
| Henry Kirke White - English literature - 1827 - 242 pages
...Will never greet my longing eyes; Still will they cneat in vision fine, Yet never but in fancy shine. There hop and sing with careless glee, Hop and sing...should stop my lays, Far from men would spend my days. THE SHIPWRECKED SOLITARY'S SONG TO THE NIGHT. Thou, spirit of the spangled night! I woo thee from the... | |
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