 | John Pinkerton - Literature - 1785 - 532 pages
...wifhfully he looks to ftem the tide f This moment refolute, next unrefolv'd. At lad he dips his foot-, bur, as he dips, His fears redouble, and he runs away From th' inofFenfive ftreatn ; unmindful now Of all the flowers that paint the further bank, And fmil'd fo fweet... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...play; How wiflifully he looks to flem the tide ! This moment refolute, next unrefolv'd, At lafl lie dips his foot ; but as he dips, His fears redouble, and he runs away From th' inoffenfive flream, unmindful now Of all the flow'rs thai paint the further bank, And fmiFd fo fweet... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...youngfter play: How wifhfully he looks to ftem the tide, This moment refolute, next unrefolv'd: At laft he dips his foot; but, as he dips, His fears redouble, and he runs away From th' inoffenfive ftream, unmindful now Of all the flow'rs that paint the further bank, And fmil'd fo fweet... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...youngfterplay ! How wilhfully he looRs to ftem the tide ! This moment refolute, next unrclblv'd, At laft he dips his foot ; but as he dips His fears redouble, and he runs away from th' inoffenfive ftream, unmindful now Of all the fiow'rs that paint the further bank, And fmil'd fo fwect... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...youngster play: '; . . How wishfully he looks to stem the tide ! This moment resolute, next unresolv'd: At last he dips his foot; but as he dips, .... ,'...From th' inoffensive stream, unmindful now Of all the flow'rs that paint the farther bank, And smil'd so sweet of late. Thrice welcome death! That after... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pages
...youngster play : How wishfully lie looks ; to stem the tide This morrtcnt rcsolule. next unresolv'd : I At last! he dips his foot; but, as he dips, His fears redouble, and he runs away; strongly resemble a passage which occurs in " Freedom," a poem, by Andrew Brice, printed at Exeter,... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the youngster play; How wishfully he looks to stem the tide ! This moment resolute, next unresolv'd, At last he dips his foot ; but, as he dips, His fears...From th' inoffensive stream, unmindful now Of all the flow'rs that paint the further bank, And smil'd so sweet of late. Thrice welcome Death! That, after... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...a youngster play : How wishfully he looks to stem the tidel This moment resolute, next unresolv'd : At last he dips his foot; but as he dips, His fears redouble; and he runs away From tli' inoffensive stream, unmindful now Of all the flow'rs.that paint the farther bank, And smil'd so... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...a youngster play ; How wishfully he looks to stem the tide! This moment resolute, next unresolv'd, At last he dips his foot; but as he dips His fears redouble, and he rims away From th' inoffensive stream, unmindful now Of all the flowers that paint the further bank,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...a youngster play, How wishfully he looks to stem the tide ! This moment resolute, next unresolv'd: At last he dips his foot; but as he dips, His fears...that paint the further bank, And smiled so sweet of late.—-Thrice welcome Death! That after many a painful bleeding step Conducts us to our home, and... | |
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From the inoffensive stream, unmindful now Of all the flowers that paint the further bank, And smiled so sweet of late. Thrice welcome Death ! That after many a painful bleeding step, Conducts us to our home, and lands us safe On the long wish'd-for shore. 
