 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
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 394 sider
...lhame, 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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 sider
...Delusions, strong as hell, shall bind him fast. TRUE GAIETY. WlIOM call we gay? That honour has been fong The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent...as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety of those \Vhose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from their's, whose haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...fear of shame, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. 490 Whom call we gay ! That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The...with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams 495 Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 sider
...fhame, And their inveterate 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.... | |
 | 1803 - 250 sider
...pleafes principally by not offending.— Rambler. 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 wifh dew, Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-fpring overfhoot his humble neft.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 388 sider
...fhamc, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay? That honour has beenlontj The boaft of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, faturate with devr, Beneath the rofy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-fpring overfhoot his humble... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 sider
...flume, 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-lpring overfhoot his humble neft.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 sider
...fhame, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been Ion* 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.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 sider
...all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been The boaft of mere p retenders to the name, [long 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 - 1806 - 234 sider
...the fear of shame, And their inveterate 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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