 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pagina’s
...boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay, the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gayety of those, / Whose headachs nail them Jo a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs, whose haggard... | |
 | 1831 - 260 pagina’s
...sweet lines of Cowper's, which grandmama often repeats,' " The lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he." ' And Cowper says too, " The innocent are gay ;" and that's the reason, my sweet cousin, that you are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pagina’s
...dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams 495 Of day spring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant 'too, a witness...a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gayety of those, Whose headachs nail them to a noonday bed; 500 For property stripped off by cruel... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834 - 336 pagina’s
...boast of vain pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay ; the lark is gay. That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...as he : But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed. COWPER. WHATEVER sorrow Lady Emily felt at leaving the scenes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pagina’s
...of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...he. But save me from the gaiety of those ~, Whose headaches nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pagina’s
...of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety of those R 2 Whose headachs nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs, whose haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1835 - 1002 pagina’s
...boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay. The lark is gay, That dries his feathers saturate with dew Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot the humble nest. COWPER. THE morning after De Molton's departure, our two cousins were prepared for... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pagina’s
...of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent £re gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...as he. But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 518 pagina’s
...of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay. — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...as he. But save me from the gaiety of those Whose headaches nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 pagina’s
...boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay— the lark is gay, That dries his leathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gayety of those, Whose headachs nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs, whose haggard... | |
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Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest.... 
