 Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.  The Seasons - Seite 66von James Thomson - 1842 - 320 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 Seiten
...Then infant Rcafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alTiduous care. Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, 1 150 , To pour the frefh inttrutUon o*er the mind, To breathe th' cnliv'ning fpirit, and to... | |
 | 1800 - 452 Seiten
...devoid of affection for them, pleafures beyond expreffion will be derived from in Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought ; To teach the young idea how to flioot, And pour the frefli inftrufiion o'er the mind. THOMSON. But you may fay, that, not having yourfelf... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 Seiten
...Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an affiduous care. Delightful tafk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to lhoot, To pour the frefh inftruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1800 - 738 Seiten
...mother's bloont profondes et terribles ne reste-t-il pas âe ces nuits d'Young, où l'homme est peint The infant reason grows apace and calls For the Kind hand...to shoot , To pour the fresh instruction o'er the raîntl , To breathe th'enliTening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1800 - 410 Seiten
...peint considérant le cours et le terme de sa destinée sans cette illusion qui nous fait nous The infant reason grows apace and calls For the Kind hand...idea how to shoot , To pour the fresh instruction o'cr the mind , To breathe th'enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.... | |
 | 1850 - 376 Seiten
...human plants, on which duties they have now entered ? W ould they be less capable of engaging in the " delightful task, to rear the tender thought — to teach the young idea how to shoot," &c. ? Would you imitate their success? Then follow their example. R. FISH. Г ~ — L . . ---... | |
 | William Jay - 1801 - 46 Seiten
...her infant daughter — to view from the window the manly exploits of her boy— " Delightful talk, to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, 5 " To pour the frefh inftrudlion o'er the mind, " To breathe th'enlivening fpirit, and to fix... | |
 | John Baillie - 1801 - 642 Seiten
...burtl forth with energy and luftre on the ftage of human affairs ' Or, as the poet Delightful tafk ; to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, To pour the frefti inftnuftion o'er the mind, To breathe th* enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 Seiten
...human blossom blows; and ev'ry day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm, The father's lustre, and the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace,...pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy! ye,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 Seiten
...human blossom blows; and every day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm, The father's lustre, and the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace,...pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye,... | |
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