 | 1778 - 626 pages
...which readers of taste will feel, when they learn The Unes her« a!this anecdote. luded toare: — < The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And floal amid the liquid noon: Somelighiljr o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim Quick... | |
 | James Anderson - 1793 - 386 pages
...LITERARY OLLA. No. x. Cray the Pact,— d dialogue, concerning Youth. To D***d M*****u E*****e. — ' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...hand of Care; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...hand of Care; The panting herds repose: Yet hark, how'thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: (b) Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : b Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...hand of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro' the peopled air The busy murmur glows! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...of Care : The panting herd's repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! thfi liquid noun !: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing... | |
 | David Steuart Erskine (Earl of Buchan.), David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan - 1812 - 418 pages
...Youth.™' Mr Gray — Hon. Ho? act Walpde.—Mr fast. TO THE HON. DAVID MONTAGU ERSK1NE. , ; . — •' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon : *'•";/ .• Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim, •' Quick glancing... | |
 | James Ogilvie - 1816 - 436 pages
...their efforts: confiding in the musty and misapplied proverb, " that many littles, make a mickle," " The insect youth are on the wing, " Eager to taste...honied spring, " And float amid the liquid noon:" " Hark! how through the peopled air Their busy murmur glows!" " Mist, the IHISJ- and the gay, But flutter... | |
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The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 
