 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...King Henry VI. founder of the College. Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | 1828 - 400 pages
...knocker ! You are not at home, recollect — yet of men in your circumstances, my friend Gray well says, Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.' JUSTICE. — Mysias, the brother of Antigonas, king of Macedon, solicited him to hear a cause, in which... | |
 | George Wickham - 1829 - 224 pages
... OF 4 / BLUE-COAT BOY; OB, A VIEW OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. ' Gay hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast,' [ENTERED AT STATIONERS* «ALt. ] SWAFFHAM : PRINTED BY AND FOR F. SKILL, SOLD IN LONDON BY IIARVEY... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...bring constraint To sweeten liberty ; Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, i Lees pleasing, when pnssest The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...A COLLEGE-BOY, AT WINCHESTER SCHOOL CATHERINE HILL ELECTION-CHAMBER REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. GRAY. WE have now placed our young scholar," pauper scholaris," on that ancient foundation which has... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Anglican Communion - 1830 - 332 pages
...A COLLEGE-BOY, AT WINCHESTER SCHOOL CATHERINE HILL ELECTION-CHAMBER REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when...forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. GRAY. WE have now placed our young scholar, " pauper scholaris" on that ancient foundation which has... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry.: Still as they run...they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And-snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...IN DEBT. A modern man of letters used to say, that a man in debt reminded him of Gray's lines:— " Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy !" TO A POOR FRIEND. Rich in thy friendship though in pocket poor ' The miser's poor in friendship,—rich... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
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Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful... 
