(she said), ' whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. England and Wales - Page 1911876Full view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...on the French model, which has subsisted ever since. III. J [8]. Far from the sun and summer-gale, In thy green lap was Nature's Darling * laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray'd, To him the mighty Mother did unveil Her awful face : The dauntless Child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...loft, Th»y fought, oh Albion ! next thy fea-encircled coaft. III. i. Far from the fun and fummer-gale, In thy green lap was Nature's • darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon ftray'd, To him the mighty mother did UBveil. Her awful face : The daumlefs child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...stonn'd the breast. Prologue at the opening of Drury-Lane Theatre In 1747 by Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON. Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was...Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray 'd, To him the mighty Mother did unveil Her awful face. 1 he dauntless Child Stretch'd forth... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...fpirit loll, [coaft. They fought, O Albion ! next thy fea-encircled III. I. Far from the fun and funimer gale, In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon ftray'd. To liim the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face : ihe dauntlefs child Stretch'd forth... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...lost, They sought, Oh Albion! next, thy sea encircled coast. III. 1. Fur from the sun and summer gate, In thy green lap was Nature's darling* laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray 'd To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face: the dauntless child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofty fpirit loft, III. I. Far from the fon and fonntier-gale, In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon frrav'd, To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awfol face: the uauntlefs child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...arose on the French model, which has subsisted ever since. HI. I. Far from the sun and summer-gale, In thy green lap was Nature's * Darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray'd, To him the mighty Mother did unveil Her awful face: The dauntless Child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Latinm had her lofty spirit lost, They sought, Oh Albion 1 next thy sea encircled coast. III. 1. Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was...Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray'd To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face : the danntless child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...o'er. Pale Terror leads the visionary band, And sternly shakes his sceptre, dropping blood. Ibid Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was...Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray'd, To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face: The dauntless child Stretch'd forth his... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...chains. When Latium had her lofty spirit lost, They sought, O Albion ! next thy sea encircled coast. Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid, What time, where hicid Avon stray'd. To him the mighty mother, did unveil Her awful face: the dauntless child Stretch'd... | |
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