| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...thought of some of the most beautiful pa .sages of Gray, without their threatening conclusion:— ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While,...vessel goes,— Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the Iwlm.' So it seemed, and so it was; for happier people never existed than Osmond and his bride. But... | |
| Henry Blake - Connemara (Ireland) - 1825 - 392 pages
...wishes, and give us the enjoyment of this beautiful scenery under the influence of a clear summer's sun. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow, and pleasure at the helm. Regardless. of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hushed in... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...thought of some of the most beautiful passages of Gray, without their threatening conclusion i — ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While,...realm, ' .. In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, — . v . Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm." So it seemed, and so it was; for happier people... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - India - 1825 - 342 pages
...her situation in language almost as beautiful, and to the same effect, as the fine lines of Gray : " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gilded trim the gallant vessel goes, Youth at the prow, and Pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the... | |
| Richard Gooch - 1825 - 248 pages
...? Thy friend is gone — he hides his powder'd head. The Bedells, too, by whom the mace is borne ? Gone to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows ; While, gently sidling through the crowded street, In scarlet robe, Clare's * tiny master goes, Ware f clears... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 396 pages
...without their threatening conclusion : — • i '" ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, ti While, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, ,; . In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,— ., ._. y . 4 Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm.. So it seemed, and so it was; for happier... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...warrior fled ? Thy son is gone. He rests among the dead. The swarm, that in thy noon-tide beam were born, Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn,...Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects bis eveningprey. II. 3. « Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown,... | |
| Stephen Reynolds Clarke - Great Britain - 1826 - 494 pages
...Edward the Third, than the clouds and tempests which darkened the horizon of his unhappy grandson : Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey. A. — We have another illustration of the misfortunes... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 476 pages
...the imagery of this passage in his Bard, hut dropt the allusion to the parable of the prodigal — ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, While,...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hnsh'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' 3 So in Othello : ' The bawdy wind, that kisses all... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...allusion to the parable of the prodigal—• ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, \Vhile, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim...goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; That hnsh'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway,... | |
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