 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 540 pagina’s
...PROGRESS. " How gayly is at first begun Our life's uncertain race ! Whilst yet that sprightly morning-sun, With which we just set out to run, Enlightens all...free the love Which does that early season move, As flow'rs the western winds ! " Our sighs are then but vernal air, But April-drops our tears, Which swiftly... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 pagina’s
...with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting shew. * Vol. ip 1o. 9 Gen. Diet. vol. x. Ballard, p. 431. " How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...free the love Which does that early season move, As flow'rs the western winds ! " Our sighs are then but vernal air, But April-drops our tears, Which swiftly... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pagina’s
...full the joy, how fair the love, Which does that early season move, Like flowers the western wind ! Our sighs are then but vernal air, But April drops...our tears ; Which, swiftly passing, all grows fair, While Beauty compensates our care. And youth each vapour clears. But, ab ; too soon, alas ! we climb,... | |
 | 1832 - 792 pagina’s
...eyes, From Pisgah, with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting shew. How soft the first ideas prove, That wander through our minds '. How full the joys, how free the love That does that early season move, As flowers the western winds ! Our sighs are then but venial air,... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 pagina’s
...through ! Not Canaan to the prophet's eyes, From Pisgah, with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting show. How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...that early season move, As flowers the western winds! 4 • («) Our sighs are then but venial air, But April drops our tears, Which swiftly passing, all... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 pagina’s
...through ! Not Canaan to the prophet's eyes, From Pisgah, with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting show. How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...free the love, Which does that early season move, Our sighs are then but vernal air, But April drops our tears, Which swiftly passing, all grows fair,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pagina’s
...through! Not Canaan to the prophet's eyes, From Fizgah, with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting show. How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...flowers the western winds! Our sighs are then but venal air, s But April drops our tears, Which swiftly passing, all grows fair, Whilst beauty compensates... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pagina’s
...through! Not Canaan to the prophet's eyes, From Pizgah, with a sweet surprise, Did more inviting show. How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...that early season move, As flowers the western winds 1 Our sighs are then but venal air, But April drops our tears, Which swiftly passing, all grows fair,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pagina’s
...which we first set out to run, Enlightens all the place. " How smiling the world's prospect lies, " How soft the first ideas prove Which wander through...soon, alas ! we climb, Scarce feeling we ascend, The gently rising hill of time, From whence with grief we see that prime, And all its sweetness end. "... | |
 | Frederic Rowton - 1854 - 604 pagina’s
...in. In the ensuing extract, too, there is much well-expressed thought and harmonious versification. LIFE'S PROGRESS. How gaily is at first begun Our life's...free the love, Which does that early season move, As flow'rs the western winds ! Our sighs are then but vernal air, But April drops our tears, Which swiftly... | |
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... first begun Our life's uncertain race ! Whilst yet that sprightly morning sun, With which we just set out to run, Enlightens all the place. How smiling the world's prospect lies, How tempting to go through ! Not Canaan to the prophet's eyes, From... 
