 How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed;...  Elegant Extracts - Page 198edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting, lent its turn to play, And all the village train from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...: And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of arts and feats of strength went round : And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour ire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And...faithful death the gate of life; Taught this by his eleightaof art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...dancing, and music, and laughter, were heard through the village. " And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength went round ; 308 VIEW NEAR CRICH. And still, as each repeated... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village tram, from labour free, I*d up their sports beneath the spreading tree ! While...circled in the shade. The young contending as the old hurvey'd ; And many a gambol rrolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength... | |
 | Great Britain - 1825 - 546 pages
...Pam. NO. XLIX. R ; . ' ' How often have I blest the coming day, • . . . •• When toil remitting, lent its turn to play . And all the village train,...contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground, And slights or art and feats of strength went round; And still as each repeated... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play ; And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. These were thy charms, sweet village ! sports like... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...the coming day, When toil, remitting, lent its turn to play— And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...contending as the old survey'd ! And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground, And slights of art, and reals of strength, went round ; And still as each... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...contending as the old survey'd : And many a gambol froliek'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1825 - 544 pages
...coining day, . When toil remitting, lent its turn to play And all the village train, from labor tree, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While...contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and teats of strength went round , And still as each repeated... | |
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