 Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As, waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they...  Memoirs of Chateaubriand, Vol - Page 120by François René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1848 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 384 pages
...seems almost to unhinge her understanding." CHAPTER XXVI. Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shades ! All , fields beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, , A stranger yet to pain. Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College. IT is not by corporeal wants and infirmities only that men... | |
 | John Timbs - 1823 - 330 pages
...and watching their progress to maturity : Ah ! happy hills, ah ! pleasing shade-r Ah! fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain. GRAY. At that period, too, I admired the enchanting scenery of this picturesque country ; but it was... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way ! Ah happy hills ! ah pleasing shade ! Ah fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless...pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary Miss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of... | |
 | Mary White (novelist.) - 1824 - 688 pages
...handkerchief in play and buoyancy of spirit. " Ah, happy shades ! ah, pleasing scenes ! Ah, days belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain." Those days had surely not been all delight; but if a reproof had checked for a moment the full tide... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...well as one from Dart's Westminster Abbey, Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd,...stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow 15 A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth,... | |
 | Friedrich von Matthisson - 1825 - 406 pages
...hills! ah pleasing shades! j4h ßelds helov'd in vain; Where once my carelef.t childhood stray' d, Л stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary llifs bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to footh , And redolent... | |
 | Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - 1825 - 296 pages
...fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'3, A stranger yet lo pain ! ] fee! the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh Iheir gladsome wing ; Jly weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe... | |
 | Writer - 1825 - 1138 pages
...heart, at least felt part of the strain : " Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ; 1 feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh, their gladsome wing,... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...Henry the Sixth) founder of the college. Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd,...fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, father THAMES, for thou hast... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way : Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields beloved in vain ! Where once my careless...gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, 1 King Henry the Sixth, founder of the College. As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul... | |
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