 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...happiness at length should reign; And golden age begin again. ON THE COLD MONTH OF APRIL, 1771. Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the...By bare imagination of a feast ; Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? SHAKSPEARB'S Richard II. POETS in vain have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...singing birds, musicians; The grass whereon thou tread'st, the presence strew'd; KING RICHARD II. 23 The flowers, fair ladies; and thy steps, no more Than...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat? O, no! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...flowers, fair ladies ; and thy steps, no more Than a delightful measure, or a dance : For gnarling4 sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat ? O, no ! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the wearer ! How many then should cover that stand bare I How many be commanded , that command I Oh , who can hold a fire in his hand , By thinking on the...By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snowy By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh , no ! the apprehension of the good Gives... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...steps, no more 3 the presence strew'd;] An allusion to the ancient practice Than a delightful measure,4 or a dance : For gnarling sorrow hath less power to...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat ? O, no ! the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...: For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat ? O, noj the apprehension of the good, Gives but the greater feeling to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 346 pages
...: For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on...? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat : O, no ! the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...unhallowed wall it glides, " Where all its purity and lustre fails." ON THE COLD MONTH OF APRIL, 1771, Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the...By bare imagination of a feast ; Or wallow naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic Summer's heat ? SHAKES?. RICHARD II. POETS in vain have hailed... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...unhallowed wall it glides, " Where all its purity and lustre fails." OK THE COLD MONTH OF APRIL, 1771. Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the...By bare imagination of a feast ; Or wallow naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic Summer's heat ? SHAKE sr. RICHARD II. POETS in vain have hailed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...: For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on...By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O, no ! the apprehension of the good, Gives... | |
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O ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat... 
