 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 418 pages
...windows of the fty, Through which Aurora fhews her bright'ning [face ; 3 You You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns< by living ftream...Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me be[reave. Before we quit this poem, permit us, reader, to give you two more Itanzas from it : the firft fhews... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...fheWs her bright'iiing Yoa cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woodsand lawns, bv living ftrearri at eve '. Let health my nerves, and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great chifdretyleave ; Of fancy, . reafon, virtue,- naught can me be , '"• ]>eave. Before we quit this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 614 pages
...ening fa*e ; " You cannot bar my conftant feet to " trace •* The woods and lawns, by living dream, " at eve ; " Let health my nerves and finer fibres " brace, «' And I their loys to the great children " leave : * Of fancy, rcafon, viituc, nought can " nic bereave *.'* Perhaps... | |
 | James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...windows of the ity, Through which Aurora fhews her brightening face; LI a Tfou You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living ftream,...: Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. IV. Come then, my mufe, and raife a bolder fong ; Come, lig no more upon the bed of floth, Dragging... | |
 | James Thomson - 1774 - 282 pages
...trace The woods and lawns, by living dream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And 1 their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. IV. Come then, my Mufe, and raife a bolder fong ; Come, lig no more upon the bed of florh, Dragging... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1776 - 582 pages
...the windows of the fky, Through which Aurora mows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living ftream at eve *. Such minds have alwavs in them the feeds j • of true tafte, and frequently of imitative genius.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...the windows of the fky, Through which Aurora mews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living ftream,...: Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave. IV. Come then, my Mufe, and raife a bolder fong ; Come, lig no more upon the bed of floth, Dragging... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...the windows of the fky, Through which Aurora fliews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living ftream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brsce, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave.... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1779 - 536 pages
...the windows of the fky, Through which Aurora fhows her brightening face; Xou, cannot bar my conftant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living ftream at eve*.— Such minds. have always in them the feeds of true tafte, and frequently of imitative genius. At leaft,... | |
 | Thomas Percival - Moral education - 1781 - 106 pages
...brightening fxx ; " You cannot bar my conftant feet to trace x " The woods and lawns, by living dream, at eve : " Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace,...Of fancy, reafon, virtue, nought can me bereave." * Perhaps fuch ardent enthufiafm may not be compatible with the neceflary toils, and aftive offices,... | |
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I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream,... 
