 BOY 0 SAY what is that thing call'd Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day...  The Lusitanian [ed. by W.H.G. Kingston]. - Page 316edited by Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 394 pages
...believes pretences ; Lost in error, lives and dies. SONG XXIII. THE BUND BOY. BY COLLET CIBBER, ESft.* 0 SAY ! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy j What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...stroke, But retire from the world as I would to my rest. § 53. Song. The Blind Boy. COLLEY GIBBER*. 0 SAY what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...like mine, preserve my absent friend ! COLLEY CIBBER. BORN 1671.— DIED 1757. SONG. THE BLIND BOY. O SAY ! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy ! 1 Ben Jonson paid a visit on foot,... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1819 - 258 pages
...gentle murm'ring streams. And winds in concert joining, Raise sadly pleasing dreams. , THE BLIND BOY. 0 say, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? . What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell apoyrblind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see.... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one. ft • : The Blind Boy THE BLIND BOY. 0 SAY, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blin»J boy ! You talk of wondrous things... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1825 - 176 pages
...Warns me I've done with all beneath, What can compose my soul in death? Thg Bible. 9. THE BLIND BOY. 0 say, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? O tell your poor Blind Boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...in her net, And drag the little wretch in triumph home. Drydcn. 12.— THE CONTENTED BLIND BOY. Oh ! say, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? Oh ! tell a poor Blind Boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...murmuring rill Hears the thrush, while all is still Within the groves of Grongar Hill. W^t JSlinS ISos0 SAY, what is that thing call'd Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you... | |
 | 1842 - 168 pages
...find God equally good, if we trust him ? Who must help us to take God at his word ? THE BLIND BOY. 0 SAY, what is that thing call'd light Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight? O tell a poor blind boy. You talk of wondrous things you see... | |
 | Youth - 1847 - 72 pages
...spring has given; Little children, gladly sing Praise to Him who made the spring ! THE BLIND BOY. Oh, say what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? Oh, tell your poor blind boy. My day and night myself I make,... | |
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