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
| Frederick Chamier - 1844 - 798 pages
...manner described by the poet in reference to a different source of delight. " Still as they run, thej look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy." Jacob surrendered himself to the happiness of the hour ; the circumstance of a supernatural neighbourhood... | |
| William Collins - 1844 - 328 pages
...'Gainst graver houra, that hring constrains To sweeten liherty : Some hold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they ren they look hehind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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...They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.1 Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed,... | |
| University magazine - 1845 - 772 pages
...brmg constraint, To sweeten liberty ; Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little rei^n, 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 pnssess'd 1 The tear, forgot as soon as shed,... | |
| 1847 - 490 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. " To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, The... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 pages
...I luii InlllLT Somc bold adventm'ers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regious dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when posscst; The tear forgot... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 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 their's by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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 possess'd ;4 The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 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. ^o Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 574 pages
...the titillation of love, the budding passions, and the first Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry ; Still as they run they look behind, And hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy." Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.... | |
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