 But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire,...  The Subaltern Officer. A Narrative - Page 214by George Wood (Captain.) - 1825 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Redhead Yorke - 1804 - 390 pages
...please ; Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze j : And the gay grand-sire, skill'd in gestic lore., Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore." GOLDSMITH'S TRAVELLER, z 2 LETTER LETTER XXIV. The Pantheon and its Library. — Halle au Bled.—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...noon-tide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children thro* the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze j And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So bright a life these thoughtless realms display ; Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Their's... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...hour ! Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So gay a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | Edward Planta - 1816 - 318 pages
...pleasures. " Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze j. And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden uf three score." HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF PARIS. PARIS derives its name from being the capital... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So bless'da life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away: Theirs are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So bless'da life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So bless'da life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And m from nature rising slow to art ! To copy instinct then was reason's part : Thus So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are... | |
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