 | John Bell - 1807 - 520 pagine
...And dost thou prune thy tremhling w!ng, To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all...And, pensive, wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop's); thou know'st not what. A PASSAGE IN THE MORI^E ENCOMIUM OF ERASMUS IMITATED. IN awful pomp... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pagine
...thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither? The hum'rons vein, the pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ; And...wav'ring melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. Mil Pope's " Dying Christian to his " soul," which is modelled on the verses of Adrian,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1826 - 454 pagine
...fluid circulating in a canal. Thus Prior, in his well-known imitation of Adrian's lines to his soul: Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected,...wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou kuow'st not what. We are not only told, however, in popular language, that every man has his humour,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1828 - 540 pagine
...in a canal. Thus Prior, in his well-known imitation of Adrian's lines to his soul : Thy humo/ пня vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all...wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know' know'it not wlut. or turn of mind, by which we mean, that he is naturally irascible, or inclined... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pagine
...virtue and discretion? Has he not tutmmm to be endured, as well as kindness to be enjoyed ? Sou'h. Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly. Lies all neglected, all forgot , And pensive, wavering, melancholy, Thou dreadcst and hopes! thou knowest not what. Prior. We resolve by halves,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1834 - 496 pagine
...trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. 2 Nismes, anciently called Nemau'sus. Here are the remains of • Roman amphitheatre,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 434 pagine
...trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st net whither t Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. 11. Titus Antoni'nus, his successor, was born at Lavin'ium, near Rome, but his ancestors... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 pagine
...trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. year of his age, after a prosperous reign of twenty-one years and eleven months.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 590 pagine
...trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. year of his age, after a prosperous reign of twenty-one years and eleven months.... | |
 | John Collingwood Bruce - 1851 - 578 pagine
...thing, Must we no longer live together ! And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing...folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ; And, pensive, wavering, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. Severus' restless pursuit after... | |
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Poor little pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ; And, pensive, wavering,... 
