 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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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... 
