 Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.  The Seasons - Sida 46efter James Thomson - 1824 - 215 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 sidor
...fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the glowing breast. Oh, speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprizes often, while you look around, 1155 And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1800 - 410 sidor
...the young idea how to shoot , To pour the fresh instruction o'cr the mind , To breathe th'enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing...breast. Oh ! speak the joy ; ye , whom the sudden tear Surprizes often while you look around And nolhing strikes your eye but sights of bliss , AH varions... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 sidor
...hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 sidor
...hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy! ye,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 sidor
...hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th'enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast, Oh speak the joy! ye,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 sidor
...To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind ; To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose...breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye , whom the sudden tear Surprizes often , while you look around , And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss , All various... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 sidor
...thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To hreathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing hreast. Oh speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing... | |
 | 1803 - 228 sidor
...life honorable and useful. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind. To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast. Posterity wisely regulates... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 sidor
...teach the young idea how to shoot, 1150 To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose...sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, 115i And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All-various Nature pressing on the heart : An... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sidor
...hteathe tV enlivening spirit, and to fii The^nerous purpose in the glowing hreast. Oh speak the joy ! \e whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing strikes your eye hut sights of hliss, All-various nature pressing on the heart An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement,... | |
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