 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
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 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,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 Seiten
...every day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm, The father's lustre, and the mother's hloom. Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the...shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To hreathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing hreast. Oh speak the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 Seiten
...new charm , The father's lustre, and the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace , and calU For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful...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... | |
 | 1803 - 228 Seiten
...fruits : the sentiments become generous ; the carriage endearing ; and the life honorable and useful. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...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. Posterity wisely regulates... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 Seiten
...plantations, you are watering also yourselves^ ; and from these • Pror. iii. 17. f PsaL xix. 11. \ Delightful task ! To rear the tender thought, To teach...shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, — and plant The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMPSON'S SPUING, p. 57. § Pror. xi, 25.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 330 Seiten
...Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alfiduous care. Delightful tafk j to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frefh inftruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1803 - 286 Seiten
...Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alfiduous care. Delightful taflc 1 to rear the tender thought. To teach the young idea how to (hoot, To peur the frelh inltruAion o'er the mind. To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 Seiten
...Prov. iii. 17. f PsaL xix. 1 1. J Delightful task ! To rear the tender thought, To teach the younsi idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, and plant The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMPSON'S SPRING, p. 57. $ Prov. ». 25. holy... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 Seiten
...blossom blows, and every day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm, 114 The father's lustre, and the mother's bloom. Then infant Reason grows apace,...the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, 1150 To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...bloom. Then infant Reason grows apace , an! calls For tho kind hand of an assiduous cure, Deli;jitlul task ! to rear the tender Thought, To teach the young...pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe enlivening spirit, and to lix The generous purpose in the glowing breast , Oh ! speak the joy ! ye... | |
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