 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1853 - 200 pages
...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 glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded swe'eta, No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set, thy spring... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...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 glittering...display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is get, thy spring is gone — II. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'T... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...Moralist! and what art thou ? A solitary fly! Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply: No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display: Thy joys no glitt'ring female meets, Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone—- We frolic while 'tis May.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...dust to rest. 5 Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply, Poor Moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering...set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May. II.— ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A CHINA TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 1 'TWAS on a lofty vase's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...dust to rest. 5 Methinks I hear, in accents low, The sportive kind reply, Poor Moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering...thy spring is gone — • We frolic while 'tis May. II.— ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A CHINA TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 1 'TWAS on a lofty vase's... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...hear, in accents low, The sportive, kind reply — Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly I Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast...set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 'tis May. GRAY. I. « It is a happy world alter all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delixht ..,1 existence.... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...accents low, The sportive, kind reply ; Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joy ad its meal of gold. Let vapid idlers loll in silk... ܀ N 0 ܀ ݀ — DAWES'S "SONG OF SPRING." . 'Tis the season of tender delight, — The season of fresh-springing... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...and what art theu ? A solitary fly ! Thy joy no glittering female meets, No hive hast theu of hearded fruitful fi E — Wo frolie while 'tis May. DAWES'S "SONG OF SPEING." 'Tls the season of tender delight, — The... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female5 meets, No Hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted6 plumage to display ; On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set, thy spring7 is gone — We frolic while 'tis May." Gray. (1) Gloat— a daring, not to say audacious, word... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...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 glittering...sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic while 't is May. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes. irpWAS on a lofty vase's... | |
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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... 
