Compell'd to taste the rank and pois'nous steam Of midnight theatre, and morning ball. Give to repose the solemn hour she claims, And from the forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion. The Village Curate,: A Poem - Page 44by James Hurdis - 1819 - 156 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1810 - 544 pages
...veil puts of}'? Think why, . Nor let the sweetest blossom nature boasts Be thus expos'd to night's unkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness...theatre, and morning ball. Give to repose the solemn Irour she claims, And from the forehead of the morning siekl The iweet occasion. O there is a charm... | |
| James Hurdis - 1810 - 358 pages
...oriental veil puts off ? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom nature boasts Be thus expos'd to night's unkindly damp. Well may it droop, .and all its freshness...forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion. O there is a charm Which morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1810 - 874 pages
...unkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness loose, Compell'd to taste the rank and poisonous steam Of midnight theatre and morning ball. Give to...forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion. O there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...unkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness lose, Compelled to taste the rank and poisonous steam Of midnight theatre, and morning ball. Give...forehead of the morning, steal The sweet occasion. O ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...its-freshness lose, Compelled to^aste the rank and poisonous steam Of midnight theater, and morning ball. 2. Give to repose the solemn hour she claims; And, from...forehead of the morning, steal The sweet occasion. O ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the-... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...Why close the eyed Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off? Think why, Of midnight theatre, and morning ball. Give to repose...; And, from the forehead of the morning, steal The siveet occasion. Oh ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth,... | |
| 1839 - 320 pages
...damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness lose, Compelled to taste the rank and poisonous stream Of midnight theatre, and morning ball. Give to repose...forehead of the morning, steal The sweet occasion. О ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the... | |
| Child rearing - 1841 - 300 pages
...curse shall rest on her blessings, and where all tears shall be wiped from every eye. EARLY RISING. Give to repose the solemn hour she claims. And from...forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion. O ! there is a charm Which morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the... | |
| Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1847 - 438 pages
...oriental veil puts off? Think why, Nor let the sweetest blossom Nature boasts Be thus exposed to night's unkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness...forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion. O there is a charm Which morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of earth, and makes the lip... | |
| Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1847 - 468 pages
...pnts off? Think why. Nor let the sweetest hlossom Natnre hoasts Be thns exposed to night's nnkindly damp. Well may it droop, and all its freshness lose, Compell'd to taste the rank and pois'nons steam Of midnight theatre, and morning hall. Give to repose the solemn honr she claims And... | |
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