...and enliven the heart. But the Thresher shares in none of these. Nor can he, if he would exclaim— " I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As, waving fresh their gladsome wing, My very soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring."* In foreign...

...and enliven the heart. But the Thresher shares in none of these. Nor can he, if he would exclaim— " I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As, waving fresh their gladsome wing, My very soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring."* In foreign...

...Where once my careless childhood slray'd A stranger yet to pain ! I feel MIC gales , that from you blow A momentary bliss bestow ; As, waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to sooth, And , redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say , fallier Thames , for thou...

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...happy hills, ah pleasing shade, Ah fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood play'd, A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from...redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. * * * * * * #.* Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as...

...the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way! Ab happy hills ! ah pleasing shade ! Ah fields beloved in vain, \Where once my careless childhood stray.*...fresh their gladsome wing. My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and yonth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father Thames, for thoo hast...

...pleasing shade! Ah fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, (1. 11—13) 14 The mouX . (1. 17-19) 15 Still as they run they look behind. They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful...

...argument. One is taken from mid-eighteenth-century poetry; the other is taken from a poem by Wordsworth. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave? (Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College) In the sweet shire...

...beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the glades, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving...redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. (PTG 57) refresh and console him'.27 Another chronicler of Gray's life concludes his account of the...

...happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain? I feel the gales, that from...fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. His momentary bliss and nostalgic...