 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pagina’s
...forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children thro' the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. From courts, to canrps, to cottages it strays, And all arc taught... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pagina’s
...And haply, tho' my harsh touch fault'ring still, But marr'dall tune, and mock'd the dancer's skill i Yet would the village praise my wond'rous power, And...hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led theip children thro' the mirthful maze,. And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore* Has fi'isk'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagina’s
...skill; Yet would the village praise my wonderous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. E Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their...gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life th?sc thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...the zephyr flew : And haply, though my harsh touch faltering sliii, But mock'd all tuae, and marr'd the dancer's skill | Yet would the village praise...Have led their children through the mirthful maze j And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So bright... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...the zephyr flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise...dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour. Alike all ages. Uames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; D2 And the gay gvandsire,... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pagina’s
...wave, the zephyr flew; And haply, tho' my harsh touch, falt'ring still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my...gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So gay a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagina’s
...But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise my wond'rous pow'r, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all...grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, • : Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe, f\f... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pagina’s
...marr'd the dancer's fkill, And haply, though my harfh touch falt'ring ftill Yet would the village praife my wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noon-tide...their children through the mirthful maze: And the gay grandfire, ikill'd in geftic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threefcore. So gay a life thefe... | |
 | Edward Planta - 1816 - 318 pagina’s
...society on this side the water. The promenade and the dance are the Frenchman's chief pleasures. " Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze j. And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden uf three score." HISTORY... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagina’s
...flew : And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, Bat mock'd all tone, and marr'd the dancer s skill ; Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour.' The account which he was accustomed to give of his own travels, so nearly resembled those of the wanderer... | |
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Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. 
