Rejoices with a wholesome fear, And hopes in spite of pain ; If Winter bellow from the north, Soon the sweet Spring comes dancing forth, And Nature laughs again. What if thine Heaven be overcast, The dark appearance will not last ; Expect a brighter sky.... Latin Classics ... - Page 185by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1900Full view - About this book
| William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...pain ; If Winter bellow from the North, Soon the sweet Spring comes dancing And Nature laughs again. If hindrances obstruct thy way, Thy magnanimity display, And let thy strength be seen ; But oh '. if fortune (ill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass in. Cowper.... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...heaven be overcast ! The dark appearance will not last, Expeet a brighter sky ; The God that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the Muses too, And lays his arrows by. If hindrances obstruet thy way, Thy magnanimity display, And let thy strength be seen ; But oh ! if Fortune fill... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 362 pages
...Heaven be overcast, The dark appearance will not last ; Expect a brighter sky. The god that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the Muses too, And lays...sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass in. 270 A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AMD is this all? Can Reason do no more Than bid... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...VI. If hindrances obstruct thy way, Thy magnanimity display, And lot~thy strength be seen ; But oh ! if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass im> A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all ? Can reason do no more, Than bid me... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...heaven be overcast, The dark appearance will not last ; Expect a brighter sky. The god that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the muses too, And lays his arrows by. If Mnd'rances obstruct thy way, Thy magnanimity display, And let thy strength be seen ; But O ! if fortune... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...notwithstanding', sufficient. — Three thousand ducats' : — I think I may take his bond'. If hinderances obstruct thy way', Thy magnanimity display', And let...thy sail' With more than a propitious gale', Take halflhy canvass in*. Alas' J alas*! doth Kbpe' . . deceive us'? Shall friendship', love'— shall all... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 296 pages
...heaven be overcast? The dark appearance will not last; Expect a brighter sky; The god that strings the silver bow Awakes, sometimes, the muses too, And lays...magnanimity display; And let thy strength be seen: But oh! if fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass in. LESSON FIFTY-THIRD.... | |
| 1846 - 352 pages
...propensity, according to the wise caution of Horace : Contrahes 'cento nimium secundo Turyida tela. But 0 ! if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass in. Then, I am sure, if fortunes were never made in a year, they would never be lost in a day... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...heaven be overcast, The dark appearance will not last ; Expect a brighter sky. The god that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the muses too, And lays...more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in. A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all ? Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep... | |
| William Peter - 1847 - 562 pages
...heaven be overcast ? The dark appearance will not last; Expect a brighter sky. The god, that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the Muses too, And lays...his arrows by. If hindrances obstruct thy way, Thy maguanimity display, And let thy strength be seen ; But oh ! if Fortune fill thy sail, With more than... | |
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