 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 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...went round ; And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired. The dancing pair, that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 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...went round : And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 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 cnch repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding »ports the mirthful hand inspired : The dancing pair that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 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...strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By... | |
 | John Norton-Smith - Social Science - 1983 - 164 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...tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd. (7-24) In rejecting Tillyard's label of 'poetry of direct statement' which merely reminds us of other... | |
 | Marshall Brown - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 516 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; The dancing pair that simply sought renown By... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 420 pages
...young contending as the old survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And flights of an, and feats of strength went round. And still as each...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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; 20 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... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - English language - 1997 - 613 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. To a certain extent, Goldsmith can be accused of idealising a lost idyll of country life. Certainly... | |
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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... 
