 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company . I gazed, and gazed, but little thought What wealth...show to me had brought. For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, 1 The king — Charles I, in whose reign the poem was written. 2... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, 144 They flash upon that inward eye Which is the blies of solitude... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth...show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, l45 They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude... | |
 | 1864 - 726 pages
...danced, but they Outdid the sparkling wave ia glee: A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company. I gazed, and gazed; but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought. " For often when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which... | |
 | Robert Holden Webb, William Higgins Coleman - 1849 - 462 pages
...Itut they Out-did the spnrkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay. In such a jocund company. I gazed— and gazed -but little thought. What wealth...show to me had brought. For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What...wealth the show to me had brought : For oft when on my conch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which makes the bliss of... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company; I gazed, and gazed, but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought For oft, when on the couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 488 pages
...they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What...me had brought : •' For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 pages
...they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed— and gazed — but little thought What wealth...to me had brought : ' For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 pages
...but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company ; I gazed, and gazed — but little thought What wealth...show to me had brought. " For oft, when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ;... | |
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They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund... 
