 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 452 страници
...disorders, and it might be imbecility itself. This is not colouring, but the exact plain truth." " Poor moralist, and what art thou ? A solitary fly...Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thon of hoarded sweets." Assuredly it would not have been a question whether these literary characters... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 страници
...did with it:—he might well moralize on his bachelorship, and call himself " a solitary fly,"— The joys no glittering 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... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 328 страници
...aand of rough Mischenc*, Or chill'd hy Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Hethinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply : ' Poor moralist! and what art thoa? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 страници
...nand 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 thon ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweett, No... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 страници
...age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low, The sportive kind4 reply, Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female5 meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted6 plumage to display; On hasty wings... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 страници
...l hear in accents low The sportive, kind reply: Poor moralist l and what art thou? A solitary fly l Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast...sun is set, thy spring is gone— We frolic, while 'tis May. ODE II. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'TWAS on a lofty... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 страници
...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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 страници
...hand of rough mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive, kind reply —...sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May. GRAY. 1. " It is a happy world after all. The air.'the earth, the water, teem with delightful... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 страници
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. 40 Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply :...sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May. so Gray, in a letter to H. Walpole, says : (see Walpole's Works, vol. vp 395.) " I send you... | |
 | Henry Drury - 1851 - 386 страници
...hand of rough Mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply; Poor...youth is flown ; Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone : ARUNTDINES CАЛ11. D..edala funduntur flores examina circum, Laetaque melliferam depopulantur humum... | |
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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... 
