 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...which readers of taste will feel, when they learn The Unes her« a!this anecdote. luded toare: — < The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And floal amid the liquid noon: Somelighiljr o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim Quick... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1793 - 386 pages
...LITERARY OLLA. No. x. Cray the Pact,— d dialogue, concerning Youth. To D***d M*****u E*****e. — ' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the...amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. ' To contemplation's sober eye,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...much the appearance of a Concetto, though it expressed his meaning better than the present reading. Still is the toiling hand of Care; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...enough to be distinguished. 111 Variation:—How low, how indigent the Proud; How little are the Great. Still is the toiling hand of Care; The panting herds repose: Yet hark, how'thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...it stood in Dodsley's Miscellany, wherein it was first published. The author corrected it on acStill is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud! How indigent the great! Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose, Yet hark ! how thro' the peopled lir The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honey'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...state) How vain the ardour of the Crowd, How low, how little are the Proud, How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds...amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...•; . How vain the ardor of the crown, How low, hew little are the proud, How indigent the great ! il'd. This |x:ncil take, (she said), whose colors...: • Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy ! wjjig, Hager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...state) How vain the ardor of the crowd, How low, how little are the prond ! How indigent the great! Still is the toiling hand of Care, The panting herds repose, Yet hark ! how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the... | |
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Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the... 
