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" Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with... "
The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine - Page 376
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...nothing crave, Let me alive my pleasures have, All are Stoicks in the grave. • x. THE GRASSHOPPER. HAPPY insect ! what can be In happiness compar'd to...waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill ; 'T is fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self 's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance,...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...insect ! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, , The dewy mornings gentle wine.! Nature waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill. Thou dost drink and dance and sing, Happier than the happiest king! All the fields which thou dost...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...the luxuriant genius of Cowley — THE GRASHOPPER. " Happy insect, what can be " In happiness comparM to thee? " Fed with nourishment divine, " The dewy...fill'd wherever thou dost tread, " Nature self's thy Ganimed. " Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing ; " Happier than the happiest king ! " All the fields...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...have, All are Stoicks in the grave. THE GRASSHOPPER. HAPPY insect ! what can be In happiness compart to thee ? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's...waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill ; 'T is fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self 's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance,...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...nothing crave, Let me alive my pleasures have, All are Stoicks in tlK: grave. THE GRASSHOPPER. JJAPPY insect! what can be -*. In happiness compar'd to thee...nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine ! Mature waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill ; *T is fill'd wherever thou dost tread,...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...death I nothing crave, Let me alive my pleasures bare, All art Stoics in the grave, X. THE GRASSHOPPER. HAPPY Insect ! what can be In happiness compar'd to...does fill ; 'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing • Happier than the happiest king...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

1819 - 394 pages
...Vale, Valet ho, ho, ho ! O. SONG LVIII. THE GRASSHOPPER. (From Anacreon.) BY ABRAHAM COWLEY, ESft. HAPPY insect ! what can be, In happiness, compar'd...does fill : "Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self s thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing ; Happier than the happiest king...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...reflected in her face. COWPER. THE GRASSHOPPER. HAPPY insect! what can be In happiness compar'd to thec ? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle...waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill f 'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and danee, and...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...also the following pretty lines on this insect :— HAPPY Insect ! what can be In happiness con/par'd to thee ? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's...waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! Ail the fields which thou dost...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry Institution

William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pages
...delights of human kind; but that to the Grasshopper is one of the happiest as well as most serious : — ' Happy insect, what can be In happiness compar'd to...waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill ; 'T is fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and...
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