 Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest....  Poems - Side 27av William Cowper - 1819Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 518 sider
...in the manner of Young, ilrongly delineated. ' Whom call we gay ? that honor has been long The boaft o'f mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay— the lark is gay That dries his feathers faturate with djew •••• Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams ., _• . Of day-fpring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 sider
...of fhame, And their invet'rate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ?> That honor has been The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay That dries his feathers faturate with dew Beneath the rofy doud, while yet the beam* Of day-fpring overfhoot his humble neft.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 sider
...fhame, And their invet'rate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honor has been, long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay That dries his feathers faturate with dew Beneath the rofy cloud,- while yet the beams Of day-fpring overfhoot his humble neft.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 sider
...fhame, And their invet'rate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay That dries his feathers faturate with dew Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day.fpring overfhoot his humble neft.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sider
...And their invct'ratc habits— all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long Tlic boaft }H- H- faturatc with dew, Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-fpring ovcrflioot his humble... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 sider
...(líame, And their invet'ratc habits all forbid. Whom call we гау ? That honor has been long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay That dries his feathers, ¡atúrate with dew. Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-fpring ovcrflioot his humble... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 268 sider
...offliame, And their invet'rate habits all forbid, Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay— the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, faturate with dew, Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day>-fpring overflioot his humble... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 sider
...fhame, And their invet'rate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay— the lark is gay, '• \ That dries his feathers, faturate with dew, Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams • Ofday-fpring overfhoot his humble... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1795 - 594 sider
...fhame, And their inve'trate habits — all forbid. Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay...— the lark is gay, . , That dries his feathers, faturate with dew, > Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-fpring overfhoot his humble... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sider
...the fear of shame, And their iiivet'rate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The...as he. But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed; And save me too from their's whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
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