...here, from the following lines in the Ode to Eton College, where, speaking of school-boys, he sings : " still as they run, they look behind — They hear a voice in every idrtrf," &c. But we will be merciful. The similitude is merely one of the thousand and nine strange...

...It is certain that my father's family were established in Hampshire. CHAPTER II. SCHOOLBOY DAYS. " The tear forgot as soon as shed ; The sunshine of the breast." So says — or rather sings — the celebrated GRAY. It may be however a questionable dictum, whether...

...gayety and unconcern of early youth. " Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care...

...youth, To breathe a second spring.' You may remember, too, that — ' Gay hope was theirs, by fancy fed, The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast.' " " All that is true," said Willoughby ; " and you have selected half-a-dozen lines of happiness out...

...business bent Their murmuring labours ply 'Gainst grave hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their...as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest...

...wish expressed in this manner : — " Gay hope be yours, by fancy led, Less pleasing when possessed ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast." Frank thought his motto not inappropriate, as he was of a very lively disposition, and was even sometimes,...

...every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Their buxom health, of rosy hue : Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born...

...in the existence of this tranquillity, still doubt its permanency, and believe that it is only skin They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Such is not my opinion. My own opinion is, that this tranquillity is consequent upon the introduction...

...business bent, Their murmuring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their...Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess' d ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. Theirs buxom health, of rosy...

...bent, Their murm'ring labours ply, 'Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their...hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild...