 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...views Supremely blest, the poet in his muse. * * • » * * Behold the child by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some...empty quite: Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper age, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...golden views ***** Supremely blest, the poet in his muse. Behold the child by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some...empty quite: Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper age, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before,... | |
 | 1829 - 842 pages
...many years to come of all old fogy virtues 1 " Behold Ida child by nature'i kindly law, Pleased vvith a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything...quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, Bibles and prayer-books are the loyi of age." But it is no problem, and no matter of question, that... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...supply, Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. 29 Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some...stage; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that beforej Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er1... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...supply ; Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...nature'« kind!; law, Ple&sed with a rattle, tickled with a straw : ¡Some livelier play-thing give« bis er Pope hie riper stage, And beads and prayer-books arc the toys of age: 280 Pleased with this bauble still,... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...individuals in general may be disposed to allow — Behold the Chad, by nature's kindly law, Pleasd'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier...empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper age, And beads, and prayer-books, are the toys of Aon ! Pleas'd with this bauble, as with that before,... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 pages
...age supply, Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw; ^\ Some...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, -asthat before; Till tir'd he sleeps,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. 6. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier...Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And cards and counters are the toys of age ; Pleased with this bavvble still, as that before ; Till tired... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pages
...individuals in general may be disposed to allow — Behold tlie Child, by nature's kindly law, Plcas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier...empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper age, And beads, and prayer-books, are the toys of AGE ! Pleas'd with this bauble, as with that before,... | |
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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite... 
