 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still,...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...rounij. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired ; Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd,Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | Edward Blount - Afrikaners - 1821 - 226 pages
...vigour which the elasticity and buoyancy of youth may produce. The spirit which actuated Goldsmith's pair, " That simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down," is not known among them ; probably a week of toil may have exhausted that springiness. If these dances... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...spreading tree : While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights...pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'cT. The dancing pair that simply sought renowp, By holding out to tire each other down ; The... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down; / THE DESERTED VILLAGE. 213 The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...young contending as the old survey'd : And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of arts and feats of strength went round : And still, as each...pair, that simply sought renown, By holding out%> tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground. And eleightaof I now Acknowledge my Redeemer ever blest. To whom...the stars 0 Ҁ 1 mistrustlese of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's... | |
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How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old... 
