 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.  La Belle Assemblée - Sida 1921809Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 sidor
...mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace, and calls . For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All various Nature pressing on the heart : An elegant... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sidor
...their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the sou!." POPE. VIRTUOUS LOVE. DELIGHTFUL task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...mother's blroni. Then infant reason grows apace, and calis For the kind hand of an assiduous c^re. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 sidor
...; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things., endureth all things. St. Paul. 14. Delightful task to rear the tender thought, To teach...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... | |
 | Timothy East - 1817 - 246 sidor
...amusing companion; and often has the sentiment of the Poet been realized when attending to her enquiries; Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. To pour the first instruction o'er the min<], and plant The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Estimating... | |
 | Marianne Breton - 1817 - 910 sidor
...from the rock, they found it impossible to think or to converse on-any other subject* CHAPCHAPTER IV. Oh, speak the joy ! ye whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All various nature pressing on the heart; An elegant... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1818 - 418 sidor
...où l'homme est peint The infant reason grows apace and calls For the Kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...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,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 sidor
...shews some new charm, Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care, Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er tiie mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, snd to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 sidor
...the mother's bloom. The infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'«r the UiiuJ, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 456 sidor
...affection, trained by experience, 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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