 | John Ely - 1817 - 124 pàgines
...rould be busy too ? For satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do. In books, or works, or healthful play, Let my first years be past; That...may give for every day, Some good account at last. Quar-rel, na-tur-ed, fel-!ow, lov-ing, clev-erly, let-ters, al-pha-bet, vow-els, syl-la-ble, con-sonanis,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1818 - 146 pàgines
...Cfntereo at Stationer*' Igall. POEMS, FOR 1NFANT MINDS, BY SEVERAL YOUNG PERSONS. la books, or works, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for ev'ry day Some good account at las'. — WAT is. VOL. II. FOURTEENTH EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR CARTON,... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pàgines
...beheld, impressed me with sensations of delight. Indeed the charms of a fine morning are indescribable: How foolish they who lengthen night, And slumber in the morning light 1 How sweet at early morning's rise Te view the glories of the skies ! The purport of this excursion... | |
 | Anne Tuke Alexander - 1819 - 116 pàgines
...For satan finds some mischief stiff For idle hands to do. In books, or -yfork, or healthful playj., Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day ' Some good account at last. 12. Against Evil Company WHY should I join with those in play* In whom I've no delight ; Who curse... | |
 | Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 pàgines
...To see the poor to knowledge brought, And making GOD their choice. MISCELLANEOUS. ON EARLY RISING. HOW foolish they who lengthen night, , And slumber in the morning light ! How sweet, at early morning's rise, To view the glories of the skies, And mark, with curious eye,... | |
 | 1820 - 310 pàgines
...labour, or of skill, I would be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That 1 may give for every day Some good account at last. SONG XXI. Against evil company. WHT should 1 join... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pàgines
...to a dove; , , That it ever attended the bold; And she call VI it the sister of lore. Early Rising. How foolish they who lengthen night. And slumber in the morning light! How sweet, at early morning's rise, To view the glories of the skies, And mark with curious eye the... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pàgines
...the mortal, who but falls to rise, Who fights on earth, to triumph in the skies ! ON EARLY RISING; How foolish they who lengthen night, And slumber in the morning light ! How sweet, at early morning's rise, . To view the glories of the skies, And mark, with curious eye,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 pàgines
...of labour or of skill I would be busy too ; For folly finds some mischief still In books, or works, or healthful play. Let my first years be past, That...may give for every day Some good account at last. LESSON XXVI. LET us now go into Mr. Good's charming garden again, and pay another visit to the green-house,... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pàgines
...park, or adjoining to some grand seat. Grove, s. a walk formed by trees whose branches spread above. 1. How foolish they who lengthen night, And slumber in the morning light ! How sweet at early morning's rise, To view the glories of the skies ; 2. And mark with curious eye... | |
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And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may... 
