O THOU by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought, In numbers warmly pure, and sweetly strong : Who first, on mountains wild, In Fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe or Pleasure's, nurs'd the pow'rs of song ! Thou who with hermit heart Disdain'st the... The Poetical Works of William Collins - Page 35by William Collins - 1804 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Collins - 1907 - 146 pages
...: His Cypress Wreath my Meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with Thee ! ODE to SIMPLICITY. I. O THOU by Nature taught, To breathe her genuine Thought,...and sweetly strong : Who first on Mountains wild, lu Fancy loveliest Child, Thy Babe, or Pleasure's, nurs'd the Pow'rs of Song ! 2. Thou, who with Hermit... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 pages
...Who first, on mountains wild, 5 In fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe, or pleasure's, nursed the power of song ! Thou, who, with hermit heart, Disdain'st...art, And gauds, and pageant weeds, and trailing pall; 10 But com'st a decent maid, In Attic robe arrayed, O chaste, unboastful nymph, to thee I call; By.... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1908 - 1098 pages
...hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters, gold. WILLIAM COLLINS Ode to Simplicity 1721-1759 OTHOU, by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought In...mountains wild, In Fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe and Pleasure's, nursed the pow'rs of song! Thou, who with hermit heart Disdain'st the wealth of art,... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...His cypress wreath my meed decree, 70 And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! 1746. ODE TO SIMPLICITY O thou by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought,...first, on mountains wild, In Fancy, loveliest child, 5 Thy babe or Pleasure's, nursed the pow'rs of songl Thou who with hermit heart Disdain'st the wealth... | |
| 1908 - 464 pages
...The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise. T. Gray (JLIII ODE TO SIMPLICITY O Thou, by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought...and sweetly strong; Who first, on mountains wild, 5 In Fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe, or Pleasure's, nursed the powers of song! Thou, who with hermit... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...feel, His cypress wreath my meed decree, 70 And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee! ODE TO SIMPLICITY O thou by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought,...and sweetly strong; Who first, on mountains wild, 1746. In Fancy, loveliest child, 5 Thy babe or Pleasure's, nursed the pow'rs of song! Thou who with... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 pages
...the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise. T. Gray CLIII ODE TO SIMPLICITY O Thou, by Xature taught To breathe her genuine thought In numbers warmly...and sweetly strong; Who first, on mountains wild, 5 In Fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe, or Pleasure's, nursed the powers of songl Thou, who with hermit... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey you well. A. Hill Ode to Simplicity C\ THOU, by Nature taught, ^^ To breathe her genuine...In Fancy, loveliest child, Thy babe, or Pleasure's, nursed the powers of song ! Thou, who with hermit heart, Disdain'st the wealth of art, And gauds, and... | |
| John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1174 pages
...child, S Thy babe, or pleasure's, nursed the powers of song! Thou, who, with hermit heart, Disdain's! Calls us to penance? More destroyed than thus, We...quite abolished, and expire. What fear we, then? w arrayed, 0 chaste, unboastful nymph, to thee I call ; By all the honeyed store On Hybla's thymy shore... | |
| John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1176 pages
...child, 5 Thy babe, or pleasure's, nursed the powers of song! Thou, who, with hermit heart, Disdain's! :2 I0 In Attic robe arrayed, O chaste, unboastful nymph, to thee I call ; By all the honeyed store On... | |
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