 Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader, browner shade, Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 5by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think, At ease reciin'd in rustic elate, How vain tfie ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great. Mothinks I hear in accents low, TUB sportive kind reply; "I'our mor.ii ,', and what art lliouT A solitary... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little...Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air v. The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think ( At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little...Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great ! B Still is the toiling hand of Care; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the muse shall sit, and think (At ease rcclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, The hapless nymph with wonder saw ; A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - Pennsylvania - 1822 - 454 pages
...low world and its concerns, as to identify my conceptions with those of the poet, when he exclaims, How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great! The amusements I have been speaking of were of no advantage to me as a student; but what was lost to... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd. How low, how little...Still is the toiling hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd ! How low, how little are the proud ! How indigent the great ! Ode on Spring. Nor, advancing a step still higher in the dignity and importance of the suggestions... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...some water's rushy brink With UK- the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd ! How low, how little are the proud ! How indigent the great ! Ode on Spring. Nor, advancing a step still higher in the dignity and importance of the suggestions... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclin'd in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd ! How low, how little are the proud ! How indigent the great ! Ode on Spring. Nor, advancing a step still higher in the dignity and importance of the suggestions... | |
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