 Scared at thy frown terrific, fly Self-pleasing Folly's idle brood, Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse, and with them go The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe ; By vain Prosperity received,...  Alice Sherwin, by C.J.M. - Page 262by C J. M - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...thoughtlefs Joy, And leave us leifure to be good. Light they difperfe, and with them go The fummer Friend, the flatt'ring Foe; By vain Prosperity received,...her they vow their truth, and are again be[lieved. Wifdom in fable garb array'd Irnmers'd in rapt'rous thought profound, And Melancholy, filent maid With,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Self-plea'sing Folly's idle brood, Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse; and with them go The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe ; By vain Prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again belie v'd. Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Self-pleasing Folly's idle brood, Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse ; and with them go The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe ; By vain Prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are agai n believ'd. Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...Self-pleasing Folly's idle brood, Wild laughter, noise, and thoughtless joy, And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse ; and with them go The summer- friend, the flatt'ring foe ; By vain prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again bclicv'd. Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...Self-pleasing Folly's idle brood, Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse ; and with them go The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe ; By vain Prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Folly's idle brood, With Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And le;ive us leisure to be good. L'ght they disperse; and with them go The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe; "By vain Prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. "Wisdom, in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse, and with them go The summer friend, the flattering foe; By vain prosperity received, To her they vow their truth, and are a again believed. Wisdom, in sable garb array'd, Immersed in rapturous thought profound, And Melancholy,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Folly's idle brood, Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, - . And leave us leisure to be good. Light they disperse, and with them go The summer Friend, the flatt'ring Foe ; By vain Prosperity reeeiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...folly's idle brood; Wild laughter, noise, and thoughtless joy. And leave us leisure to be good. Light Light they disperse, and with them go . The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe, By vain prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. GRAY'S Odes, ' Bard. On a rock whose... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1811 - 522 pages
...follies, idle brood, f Wild laughter, noise, and thoughtless joy, " And leave us leisure to be good. " Light they disperse, and with them go " The summer friend, the flatt'ring foe; " By vain prosperity receiv'd, '' To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd." Father. Why does the poet say wild... | |
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