 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...tresses hoar ; As studious still calm peace to keep, Beneath a flow'ry turf they sleep. WHOM CALL WE GAY? WHOM call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast...the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1864 - 622 pages
...shame, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay J That honour has been long The boost e the country, and man made the town. What wonder...out to all, should most abound And least be threaten The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...Is famish'd — finds no music in the song — No smartness in the jest — and wonders why. ****** Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast...the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay ; . . . The peasant, too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1864 - 454 pages
...inveterate habits, all forbid. Whogi call we gaij ? That honour has been long The bfiSst oTraere preteno'ers to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is...feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, wffile yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humfHe nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song,... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...Till the calm harbour of the grave I reach, and gain the promised shore. N GAIETY, TRUE AND FALSE. WHOM call we gay? That honour has been long The boast...the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety... | |
 | John Caird - Presbyterian Church - 1866 - 324 pages
...sinking ship, or wild shouts of laughter from some crew hurrying onward to the torrent's brink ! f " Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast...mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay." But oh, if God be true, if Christ be true, if heaven and hell be true, save us from the gaiety of such... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...tends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! 8. GAYETY. — Cowper. Whom call we gay ? that honor has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the...the beams Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant, too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the... | |
 | John Tomlinson - English poetry - 1869 - 192 pages
...sorrow behind where we leave sin, amid the din and bustle of mankind. Here everything smiles." Cowper. " The innocent are gay, — the lark is gay That dries...the beams Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest." Myself. " What is that overhead, Mr Cowper ? It makes a strange chatter." Cowper. " The squirrel, flippant,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...smiles, descends towards the grave Sprightly, and old almost without decay. TRUE GAIETY. — BOOK I. Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boast...the beams Of day-spring overshoot his humble nest : The peasant, too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1870 - 574 pages
...the fear of shame, And their inveterate habits, all forbid. Whom call we gay ? That honour has bcen long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The...the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he. But save me from the gaiety... | |
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Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. 
