 | James Anderson - 1793 - 386 pàgines
...x. Cray the Pact,— d dialogue, concerning Youth. To D***d M*****u E*****e. — ' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring,...amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. ' To contemplation's sober eye,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pàgines
...panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pàgines
...The panting herds repose: Yet hark, how'thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pàgines
...panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : b Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pàgines
...panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring,...the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pàgines
...panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring,...the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noon ; Some lightly o'er the current skim. Some shew their gaily gilded trim, Quick -glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye. Such is the race of man,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wjjig, Hager to taste the honey'd spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily gilded trim Quick-glaucing to the sun. , To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pàgines
...panting herd's repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid thfi liquid noun !: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing... | |
 | David Stewart Erskine (11th Earl of Buchan), David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan - 1812 - 418 pàgines
...Hon. Ho? act Walpde.—Mr fast. TO THE HON. DAVID MONTAGU ERSK1NE. , ; . — •' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring,...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim, •' Quick glancing to the sun. ' •' / ' To contemplation's sober eye, . ' •... | |
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To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay... 
