An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, 1747 |
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Page 5 - Gainft graver hours that bring conftraint To fvveeten liberty: Some bold adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare defcry ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ey'ry wind , And fnatch a fearful joy.
Page 7 - A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their Queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every...
Page 5 - 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 chear of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Page 7 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th
Page 7 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 3 - YE distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the wat'ry glade, Where grateful science still adores Her HENRY'S holy shade! And ye that, from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights, th" expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey!