 | 1829 - 696 pągines
...might well moralise on his bachelorship, and call himself ' a solidary fly.' Thy loy, no glitt'ring female meets ; No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display ! *" Collins was never a lover, and never married. His odes, with all their exquisite fancy and splendid... | |
 | 1778 - 626 pągines
...hear, in accents low. The sportive kind reply : Poor moralist I and what art thou Ī A solitary fly I Thy joys no glittering female meets. No hive hast...display: On hasty wings thy youth is flown; Thy sun is sel, thy spring is gone—- We frdlick, while, 'tis May.' This observation must we presume make one... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pągines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply :...! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glitt'ring female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display : On hasty... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pągines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply: Poor...Moralist! and what art thou? A solitary fly! Thy joys no glitt'ring female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display: On hasty... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pągines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply :...! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glitt'ring female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display : On hasty... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pągines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low, The sportive kind reply, Poor...Moralist! and what art thou ? A solitary fly! Thy joys no glitt'ring female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, • Nare per sestatem liquidam. Virg.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pągines
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance. They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply: Poor...sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic, while 'tis May. ODE II. Olt THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, J- WAS on a lofty... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pągines
...hear, in accents low. The sportive kind reply, Poor Moralist I and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy...sun is set, thy spring is gone— We frolic while 'tis May. ODE. On the Death of afamrite Cat, drowned in a Tut of Gold Fishes. TWAS on a lofty vase's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pągines
...hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leaye, in dust to rest. ; Methinks cious groves, The scene of hia past triumphs and hi*...Sadly surveying where he- ranjj'd alone •Prince glitt'ring female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sheets, No painted plumage to display ; On nasty... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pągines
...the hand of rough mischance, Or cbill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rent Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply :...! and what art thou ' A solitary fly ! Thy joys no gHtt'rinj femnle meets, \n hive bust I In. u of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display ; Ou... | |
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But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest, Brush'd by the hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive, kind reply : Poor moralist... 
