 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
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 168 sidor
...hand ofan 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 ! yt:... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 sidor
...ENUMERATION OF PARTICULARS. DELIGHTFUL task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the .fresh instruction o'er the...to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Terror alarms the breast ; the comely tear Steals o'er the cheek. Or elss the comick muse Holds to... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 sidor
...thought, To teach the yonng idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose...joy ! ye whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while ye look around, And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All various nature pressing on the... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 sidor
...thought, " To pour such rich instruction o'er the mind, " While breathes the Enlivening Spirit. — " O speak the joy ! ye whom the sudden tear " Surprises often while you look around, 'f And nothing strikes your eye but bliss like this !" But finally, may not the perpetuity of these... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 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 !... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 sidor
...care. Delightful task I to rear the tender thought, COLUMBIAN READER. 16* 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sidor
...sou!." POPE. VIRTUOUS LOVE. 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 gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast. O speak the joy ! ye,... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 sidor
...endureth all things. St. Paul. 14. 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. Thornton. 15. Dread o'er... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...hand of an assiduous c^re. 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 m the glowmg breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye whom... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 456 sidor
...to assist him in the • Delightful task! To rear the tender thought; T'> 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. THOMSON. In the more... | |
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