| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...Her Henry's holy shade'; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights the' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead, survey, Whose turf, whose...silver-winding way: Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade I Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd r A stranger yet to pain! I... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...Her HENHY'S holy shade ;* And ye, that from the stately brow Of WINDSOH'S heights the' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose...flowers among' Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way : Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields belov'd in vain ! Where once... | |
| Decorative arts - 1824 - 450 pages
...ye antique towers, That crown the waf:ry glade ! 0 happy hill, O pleasing shade, O fields, belov'.l in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain, 1 feel the gales that from you blow A momentary bliss bestow. WEST SIDE. Hard by yon wood, now smiling... | |
| Franklin James Didier - England - 1822 - 218 pages
...As I walked through the different lecture rooms, I often thought of St. Mary's College, Baltimore, " where once my careless childhood stray'd, a stranger yet to pain." I contrasted the awful grandeur and solemn pomp of this * The gates of the University were shut against... | |
| John Timbs - Dorking (England) - 1823 - 330 pages
...in sowing seeds, and watching their progress to maturity : Ah ! happy hills, ah ! pleasing shade-r Ah! fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain. GRAY. At that period, too, I admired the enchanting scenery of this picturesque country ; but it was... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 384 pages
...unhinge her understanding." CHAPTER XXVI. Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shades ! All , fields beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, , A stranger yet to pain. Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College. IT is not by corporeal wants and infirmities only that men... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flow'rs among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way. All, happy hills ! ah, pleasing... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...lawful prize Nor all, that glisters, gold. III. ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. Alexander. YE distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the...way ! Ah happy hills ! ah pleasing shade ! Ah fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales... | |
| Mary White (novelist.) - 1824 - 688 pages
...his handkerchief in play and buoyancy of spirit. " Ah, happy shades ! ah, pleasing scenes ! Ah, days belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain." Those days had surely not been all delight; but if a reproof had checked for a moment the full tide... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whoee / Ab, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ab, fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd,... | |
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