 | David Stewart Erskine (11th Earl of Buchan), David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan - 1812 - 418 pages
...Youth.™' Mr Gray — Hon. Ho? act Walpde.—Mr fast. TO THE HON. DAVID MONTAGU ERSK1NE. , ; . — •' The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the...*'•";/ .• Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim, •' Quick glancing to the sun. ' •' / ' To contemplation's sober eye,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...on Criticism, 693) is from Oldham's Sat. against Poetry : B 2 The insect-youth are on the wing, 25 Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the...liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 30 NOTES. " The glory and the scandal of the... | |
 | James Ogilvie - 1816 - 436 pages
...their efforts: confiding in the musty and misapplied proverb, " that many littles, make a mickle," " The insect youth are on the wing, " Eager to taste...honied spring, " And float amid the liquid noon:" " Hark! how through the peopled air Their busy murmur glows!" " Mist, the IHISJ- and the gay, But flutter... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honey'd Spring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim ; Some ihow their gaily-gilded trim Quick glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...annoys horses and cattle. The female wasp (vespa vulgaris) appears at the latter end of the month. The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily gilded trim Quick glancing to the sun. CHAT, About this time, bees send forth their early swarms,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air v. The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing. Eager to taste the...liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...of Care : The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the Sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man :... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...panting herds repose : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect-youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring,...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the snn. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man :... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...Aurora playing," bear "buxom health" and joyousness on their wings. The birds sing their sweetest notes. The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon. From the west as it wantonly blow*, Fond Zephyr caresses the vine ; The bee steals a kiss from the... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...playing," bear " buxom health" and joyousness on their wings. The birds sing their sweetest notes. The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon. Prom the west as it wantonly blows, Fond Zephyr caresses the vine ; The bee steals a kiss from the... | |
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To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay... 
