 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...father Thames, for thou hast se«n Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green, Tiic cesimus Knox arms, thy glassy wave? The rapiivv linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase- the,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 páginas
...a second spring. 1 King Henry the Sixth, founder of the college. 1 And bees their honey redolent of spring. Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Full...pliant arm thy glassy wave ? . The captive linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 páginas
...of other puerile Diversions, are taken from Mr. Grey's Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College : " Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen " Full many a sprightly Race, " Disporting on thy Margent gre£ n, " The Paths of Pleasure trace, " Who foremost now delight to cleave " With pliant Arm thy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 páginas
...hast seen Full many a sprightly race )isporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, A'ho foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed 'o chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball?... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 páginas
...are taken from Mr. Grey's Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College : " Say, Father Thames, for thon hast seen " Full many a sprightly Race, " Disporting on thy Margent green, " The Paths oi' Pleasure trace, " Who foremost now delight to cleave " With pliant Arm thy glassy Wave ? 2 o The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 páginas
...stretch'd in vain to reach the prize; What female heart can gold despise ? What cat's averse to fish ? Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen. Full many a sprightly race Disporting on ihy rnargent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1816 - 262 páginas
...'The gales are represented here as personified, and With wings from which they wave fresh odours. " Say, father Thames, (for thou hast seen Full many...pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the circle's rolling speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 páginas
...wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. 20 Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race NOTES. Ver. 19. And, redolent of joy and youth] " And bees their honey redolent of spring," Dryden's... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 páginas
...waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary sonl they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames (for...seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy marges! green, The paths of pleasure trace,) Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 páginas
...I paced along, recollecting the interrogatory exclamation of the poet on this very spot — •* « Say, FATHER THAMES, for thou hast seen, Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on this margent green, 1 - The paths of pleasure trace — s int. HERSCHEL. 359 Who foremost now delight... | |
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Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall? 
