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" Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. "
The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ... - Page 70
by William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 446 pages
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Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 pages
...; Some bold adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign. And unknown regions dare defcry s Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And {hatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Lei's pleafing, when poficft; The tear forgot...
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The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ...

Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...Some bold' adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare defcry ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And fnatch a fearful joy. Gay HOPE is theirs, by fancy fed, Lefs pleafmg when poffeft ;...
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The speaker, or Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...earnest 'business beat , Their murm'ring labours ply ''Gainst graver hours , that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain...every wind , And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is their's by fancy fed , Less pleasing •when possest ; The tear forgot as -soon as shed, The sunshine...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 222 pages
...redolent of spring. JDryde&'s Fable on the Pythag. System, 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain...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 ;...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...hehind. They hear a voice in every wind, An J snatch a fearful joy. Gay Hope U theirs, hy Fancy fed. Leas pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed. The sunshine of the hreast : Theirs huxom Health of rosy hue, Wild Wit, Invention ever new, And lively Cheer, of Vigour...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...adventurer« difdain The limits of their little reign, Am'- unknown regions dare defcry; Srill ¿s they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And fnatch a fearful joy. Gsy Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Liífs plealing, when poffeft; The tear forgot...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 458 pages
...liberty: Some bold adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare defcry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And i'natch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by Fancy fed, Lcifs pleafing when poflefs'd ; The tear forgot...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1050 pages
...Some bold adventurers difdain • The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare defcrys Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind. And fnatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Lefs pleafing when pofleft...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...on earnest bus'ness bent, Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint, To sweeten liberty; Some bold adventurers disdain...And unknown regions dare descry; Still as they run the; look behind, They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...on earnest business bent. Their murm'ring labours ply, 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain...their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry j Still as they run, they look behind. They hear a voice in ev'ry wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay...
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