 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...seem to soothe, And, redolent5 of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames ! 6 for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting...With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet 7 which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed 1 Ye — ie ye towers of Windsor Castle. * Whose turf,... | |
 | University magazine - 1845 - 772 pages
...Thames ; for thou hast seen Fall many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green, The paths ot pleasure trace. Who, foremost now, delight to cleave,...pliant arm, thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed, Tu chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...their gladsome wing, My -weary eoul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. " Say, Father Thames, for thou hast...pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pMant arm thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthrall.' What idle progeny succeed To chase the... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Berkshire (England) - 1847 - 430 pages
...day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn. »****» Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting in thy margent green, The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father Thames, for thou hast...pliant arm thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthral 1 What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1849 - 390 pages
...unity of the impression, the co-inherence of the brightness, the motion, and the line of motion. P. 10. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...delight to cleave, With pliant arm, thy glassy wave 1 The captive linnet which enthral .> What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arm tliy glassy wave 7 The captive lianet which enthral 1 What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - England - 1850 - 324 pages
...appropriated to their amusement — recalling one of the most finished poems of our most finished poet — ' Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...on thy margent green, The paths of pleasure trace ; Stoke Pogis Church. * The altar-tomb seen near the church, beside which two figures stand, covers... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast...pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ?... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...vol. iv. p. 410). V. 21. This invocation is taken from Green's Grotto: see Dodsley. Col. vol. vp 159. Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent...pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave, ?s With pliant arm, thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed... | |
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Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arm, thy glassy wave... 
