 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 654 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 the West Indies, generally, were much better... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, Ard sleights of art and feats of strength went round ;...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 - 1830 - 544 pages
...spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd; letters ; but the master of the work-house put me...to handle a mallet. " Here I lived an easy kind o tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd.'; And many a gambol frblicM o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of...went round ; And still, as each repeated pleasure tlr*d, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired. The dancing pair, that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked , sirs, I 've got it yet. And can produce it.'—' Fray, sir, d ronud. And stilj. as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The... | |
 | Egerton Smith - English literature - 1831 - 656 pages
...spreading tree; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength, went round.' Goldsmith. " Man sana in corpore tano." TO THE EDITOR. SIR, — I have long had it in contemplation... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...young contending as the old surveyed : And many a gambol polish'd o'er the ground, And sleights of nrt, and feats of strength went round* And still, as each...inspir'd ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, \:y holding out to tire each other down; Tlie swain mistrustless of hi* smutted face, While secret... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inepir'd ; The dancing pair that eimply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustlese of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights 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... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...The young contending as the old surveyed ! And many a gambol frolicked 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 : 4. The dancing pair, that simply sought renown,... | |
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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... 
