 | Allan Ramsay - 1750 - 492 lehte
...wond'rous free, The little birds that fly, With carelefs eafe, from tree to tree, Were but as bleft as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine increas'd their ftream ; Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I lent a figh to them. But now my former days retire, And... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - 208 lehte
...gratify both, I would do :— Still an angel appear to each lover beside, But still be a woman to you. MY days have been so wondrous free, The little birds,...With careless ease from tree to tree, Were but as bless'd as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine increas'd their stream ? Or ask the flying gales,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 386 lehte
...careless ease from tree to tree, Were not so blest as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine encreas'd their stream ? Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I...now my former days retire, And I'm by beauty caught : An eager hope within my breast Does cv'ry doubt controul ; And lovely Nancy stands confest, The mistress... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 lehte
...That spite, which broke his chains before, Would break the other's heart." SONG. LOVE AND INNOCENCE. MY days have been so wond'rous free, The little birds,...With careless ease from tree to tree, Were but as blcss'd as I. Ask gliding waters, if n tear Of mine increas'd their stream? Or ask the flying gales,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 lehte
...fre», The little birds, that fly With careless ease from tree tu tree, Were but aa blesi'd ,<• !. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine increas'd their stream? Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I lent one sigh to them ? But now my former days retire, And I'm by beauty caught, The tender chains of sweet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 lehte
...spite, which broke his chains before, Would break the other's heart." SONG. LOVE AND INNOCENCE. MY davs have been so wond'rous free, The little birds, that...fly With careless ease from tree to tree, Were but on bless'd as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine incicasM their stream? Or ask the flying gales,... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 lehte
...will no longer pine : For I'll believe I have her heart, As much as she has mine. [ PARNELL. | JM Y days have been so wond'rous free, The little birds...that fly, With careless ease from tree to tree, Were not so blest as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine encreas'd their stream ? Or ask the flying... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 lehte
...That spite, which broke his chains before, Would break the other's heart." SONG. tOVE AND INNOCENCE. MY days have been so wond'rous free, The little birds, that fly With cureless case from tree te tree, Were but aa blcss'd as L Ask gliding waters, if я tear Of mine increas'd... | |
 | 1813 - 342 lehte
...— d'rous free, The little birds tliat fly With careless ease from tree to tree, Were but as bless'd as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine increas'd...their stream, Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I lent, I 114 113 Song III. — Stella, darling of the muses. Mrs. Pilkington. ' To a celebrated air in Demetrius.'... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1814 - 414 lehte
...mischief enough in the wind to afford them a supper ! This a marriage ? Why you are free as air ! " The little birds that fly, With careless ease, from tree to tree," are not more at liberty. Ah ! fair enslaver! were 1 as unshackled!" — The smiles that, momentarily,... | |
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Of mine increas'd their stream ? Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I lent one sigh to them ? But now my former days retire, And I'm by beauty caught, The tender chains of sweet desire Are fix'd upon my thought. 
