 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
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 sider
...the rusy clond, while yet the heams Of dayspring ovenhoot iib humhle nest. The peasant too, a wituess of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety of thuse Whose headache nail them to a noonday hed; And save me too from theirs, whuse haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 sider
...yet be supplied with all the numbers from No. 7, inclusive. 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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 sider
...fear of shame, And their invet'rate habits, alt forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour bas been UMIJ; The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That drys his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath*the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of day-spring over-shoot... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 sider
...the fear of shame, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay 7 That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The...a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gayety of those, / Whose headachs nail them Jo a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs, whose haggard... | |
 | 1831 - 260 sider
...George, ' that puts me in mind of those sweet lines of Cowper's, which grandmama often repeats,' " The lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate...of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he." ' And Cowper says too, " The innocent are gay ;" and that's the reason, my sweet cousin, that you are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 sider
...fear of shame, And their invet'rate 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,... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834 - 336 sider
...them blessed in return. CHAPTER VIII. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast of vain pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay ; the...as he : But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed. COWPER. WHATEVER sorrow Lady Emily felt at leaving the scenes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 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...he. But save me from the gaiety of those ~, Whose headaches nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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 gay as he. But save me from the gaiety of those R 2 Whose headachs nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs, whose haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1835 - 1002 sider
...her heart — again found entrance to her bosom. CHAPTER II. Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The...cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot the humble nest. COWPER. THE morning after De Molton's departure, our two cousins were prepared for... | |
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