 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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 head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed; And save me too from their's whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...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 \Vhose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from their's, whose haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...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 head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams 495 Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant...as he. But save me from the gaiety of those Whose head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; 500 And save me too from their's whose haggard eyes Flash... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...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 head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from their's, whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...mere pretenders to the name.. -.The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, . . That dries-bis feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of clay-spring overshoot his humble nest.The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...yet comes from his pen embellished with new graces: N 2 " The lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet...beams Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest." The preference given by man to rural scenes, he seems to think general ; he terms it, "An in-born universal... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...innocent are gay— the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy clond, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble...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... | |
 | Young lady - Psychology - 1809 - 204 pages
...— the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while vet the beams Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest....of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. The impressions made on the body are less agreeable than those made upon the mind. One sort of life... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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 head-aches nail them to a noon-day bed ; And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes Flash desperation,... | |
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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.... 
