 Twas paper'd o'er with studious themes, The tasks I wrote — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never...  The Tatler: a once-a-week journal - Pągina 2581883Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1826 - 600 pągines
...never soar so high ! ' My joys are wingless all, and dead :' My dumps are made of more than tead ; My flights soon find a fall; • My fears prevail,...football's laid upon the shelf:— . » .'••*. i", -i. -i I am a shuttlecock myself •• ;:,•;•„ \, The world knocks to and fro. . . . • ,,,...... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pągines
...wrote, — my present dreams Will never soar so high. My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro, — My... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1827 - 180 pągines
...wrote — my present dreams Will never soar so high! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask; My authorship's an endless task, My head's ne'er out of school : My heart... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1827 - 240 pągines
.... — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...never cometh with a hoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf ; I am a shuttlecock myself The world knocks to and fro ; — My archery... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1827 - 486 pągines
...wrote, — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 pągines
...wrote, — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 pągines
...soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead ; My dumps are made of more than lead ; My nights soon find a fall ; My fears prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My football's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself The... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pągines
...; And the song and the dance were hush'd around, With the fireside tale of mirth. cS My foothall's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself,...archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has turo'd My arrows and ray bow ! No more in noontide sun I bask ; My authorship's an endless task, My... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pągines
...; — my present dreams Will never soar so high ! My joys are wingless all, and dead : My dumps are made of more than lead ; My flights soon find a fall...against myself has turn'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask ; My authorship's an endless task ; My head's ne'er out of school. My heart... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pągines
...prevail, my fancies droop, Joy never cometh with a whoop, And seldom with a call ! My foot-ball 's laid upon the shelf; — I am a shuttlecock myself,...archery is all unlearn'd, And grief against myself has tura'd My arrows and my bow. No more in noontide sun I bask ; My authorship 's an endless task, My... | |
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