 Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.  Readings on Poetry - Page 24by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1816 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry; Still as they rim they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind. And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry...behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fea/ful joy. I Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...some on earnest business bent. Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
....iiii-U graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry:...as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearfu) joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when posseat;... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...graver hours, that bring constraint, To sweeten liberty ; Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry...as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unkown - ev'ry wind. Ana snatch a fearful joy. •, Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when posses*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty ; Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry:...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign. And unknown regions dare descry I Still as they nm they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. lay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed. Less pleasing, when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
..."Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty ; Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they nm they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...language, Spring, 702 : " Inhuman caught ; and in the narrow cage From liberty confined and boundless air." And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. 40 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
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