 You say the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake With me 'twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You...  First (-Fourth) reader - Page 73by H.J. Infield - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...they're gone, Will appear as short as one. THE The Blind Boy. THE BLIND BOY; 0 SAY, what is that tiling call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are...blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy ! -You talk of wondrous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright : 1 feel him warm, but how can... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...believes pretences ; Lost in error, lives and dies. SONG XXIII. THE BUND BOY. BY COLLET CIBBER, ESft.* 0 SAY ! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy j What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...stroke, But retire from the world as I would to my rest. § 53. Song. The Blind Boy. COLLEY GIBBER*. 0 SAY what is that thing call'd light, Which I must...blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you sec, You say the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him warm, but how can he... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...like mine, preserve my absent friend ! COLLEY CIBBER. BORN 1671.— DIED 1757. SONG. THE BLIND BOY. O SAY ! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must...blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blind boy ! 1 Ben Jonson paid a visit on foot, in 1619, to the Scotch poet Drummond, at his seat of Hawthornden,... | |
 | Albert Picket - Spellers - 1819 - 258 pages
...gentle murm'ring streams. And winds in concert joining, Raise sadly pleasing dreams. , THE BLIND BOY. 0 say, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must...enjoy ? . What are the blessings of the sight ? O tell apoyrblind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see. You say the sun shines bright : 1 feel him warm,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...friend ! COLLEY CIBBER. BORN 1071.— DIED 1757. SONG. THE BLIND BOY. O SAY ! what is that thing nil I'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight * O tell your poor blind boy ! i Ben Jonson paid a visit on foot, in 1619, to the Scotch poet Dnunmond, at his seat of Hawthornden,... | |
 | Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 pages
...inward worth can flow Delight that ever shall remain. THE BLIND BOY. 0 SAY, what is that thing called Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of the sight ? 0 tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright;... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one. ft • : The Blind Boy THE BLIND BOY. 0 SAY, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must...are the blessings of the sight ? O tell your poor blin»J boy ! You talk of wondrous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright : 1 feel him warm,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Readers (Elementary) - 1825 - 176 pages
...Warns me I've done with all beneath, What can compose my soul in death? Thg Bible. 9. THE BLIND BOY. 0 say, what is that thing call'd light, Which I must...blessings of the sight? O tell your poor Blind Boy ! You talk of wond'rous things you see; You say the sun shines bright: 1 feel him warm, but how can... | |
 | Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick - Aunts - 1830 - 148 pages
...anticipations ! and poor Hugh went to bed nearly heart-broken. CHAPTER III. O say what is that thing called light Which I must ne'er enjoy .' What are the blessings of the sight .' O tell your poor blind boy ! Gibber. * I am almost sorry to interrupt you,' said Mrs Philips, entering Sarah's room the next morning—'... | |
| |
