 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - 1753 - 418 pages
...; You cannot fhut the windows of the fty, Through which Aurora fhews her bright'ning [face ; 3 You You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods...Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me be[reave. Before we quit this poem, permit us, reader, to give you two more Itanzas from it : the firft fhews... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...fheWs her bright'iiing Yoa cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woodsand lawns, bv living ftrearri at eve '. Let health my nerves, and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great chifdretyleave ; Of fancy, . reafon, virtue,- naught can me be , '"• ]>eave. Before we quit this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 pages
...ening fa*e ; " You cannot bar my conftant feet to " trace •* The woods and lawns, by living dream, " at eve ; " Let health my nerves and finer fibres " brace, «' And I their loys to the great children " leave : * Of fancy, rcafon, viituc, nought can " nic bereave *.'* Perhaps... | |
 | James Thomson - 1760 - 326 pages
...rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot fhut the windows of the fty, Through which durora fhews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant...bereave. IV. Come then, my mufe, and raife a bolder fong j Come, lig no more upon the bed of floth, Dragging the lazy languid line along, Fond to begin, but... | |
 | James Thomson - 1774 - 282 pages
...trace The woods and lawns, by living dream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And 1 their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy,...a bolder fong ; Come, lig no more upon the bed of florh, Dragging the la/.y languid line along, Fond to begin, but ftill to finiih loth, Thy half-writ... | |
 | Thomas Percival - 1781 - 106 pages
...brightening fxx ; " You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace x " The woods and lawns, by living dream, at eve : " Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace,...Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave." * Perhaps fuch ardent enthufiafm may not be compatible with the neceflary toils, and aftive offices,... | |
 | 1782 - 518 pages
...cannot Ihut the windows of the flcy, Thro' which Aurora (hews her brightening face ; You cannot bar ray conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living...brace, And I their toys to the great children leave j Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. Cbme, then, my Mufe ! and raife a bolder ibng j... | |
 | John Bell - 1787 - 510 pages
...fhut the windows of the fky, Thro' which Aurora fhews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my confbnt feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living ftream,...their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, realon, virtue, nought can me bereave. IV. Comethen, my Mufe! and raife a bolder fong ; Come, lig no... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot fhut the windows of the fky, Thro' which Aurora fhews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant...their toys to the great Children leave: Of fancy, reafbn, virtue, nought can me bereave. IV. Come then, my mufe, and raife a bolder fong ; Come, lig... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot fhut the windows of the Iky, Through which Aurora fhews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant...toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reafon, virtu;, nought can me bereave. IV. Come then, my Mufe, and raife a bolder fong; Come, lig no more upon... | |
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I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream,... 
