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" I deplore, Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide; Discharg'd of care, on unfrequented plains, We'd sing of rural joys in rural strains. No false corrupt delights our thoughts should move, But joys of friendship,... "
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 99
by English poets - 1790
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Poems on Several Occasions: With Some Select Essays in Prose. In ..., Volume 1

John Hughes - 1735 - 390 pages
...Fountains, and the Heav'ns ferene. Ye bleft Remains of that illuftrious Age ! Delightful Springs and Woods ! Might I with You my peaceful Days live o'er, You,...I deplore^ Calm as a gentle Brook's unruffled Tide Shou'd the delicious flowing Minutes glide ;., Difcharg'd of Care, on unfrequented Plains, , We'd ling...
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The Works of the English Poets: Hughes

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 346 pages
...heavens ferene. Ye Ye bleft remains of that illuftrious age ! Delightful fprings and woods I — 25 Might I with you my peaceful days live o'er, You,...unfrequented plains, 30 We'd fing of rural joys in rural drains. No falfe corrupt delights our thoughts fliould move, But joys of friendfllip, poetry, and love....
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The Works of the English Poets: Hughes

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 338 pages
...heavens ferene. Ye Ye bleft remains of that illuftrious age ! Delightful fprings and woods ! — z5 Might I with you my peaceful days live. o'er, You,...unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide ; Di(charg'd of care, on unfrequented plains, 30 We'd (ing of rural joys in rural ftrains. No falfe...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 22

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 528 pages
...LETTER TO A FRIFND. 99 Ye bleft remams of that illuftrious age ! Delightful fprings and woods !— 25 Might I with you my peaceful days live "o'er, You,...I deplore, Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Sitould the delicious flowing minutes glide; Dilcharg'd of care, on unfrequented plains, 30 We'd fmg...
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The Works of the English Poets: Hughes

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 344 pages
...the heavens ferene. Ye bleft remains of that illuftrious age ! Delightful fprings and woods !— 25 Might I with you my peaceful days live o'er, You, and my friend, whofe abfence I deplore, Calm as a gentk brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide ; Difcharg'd of care, on unfrequented...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...Springs and Woods !— Might I with you my peaceful days live o er, You, and my friend, whose absence I deplore, Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide; DischargM of care, on unfrequented plains, We'd sing of rural joys in rural strains. ÎJo false corrupt...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...and the heavens serene. Ye blest remains of that illustrious age ! Delightful Springs and Woods !— Might I with you my peaceful days live o'er, You, and my friend, whose absence I deplore, Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes...
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Nature and the Country in English Poetry of the First Half of the Eighteenth ...

C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 334 pages
...Vol. I, p. 469. 7 And., Vol. VII, p. 293. He imagines how the days would pass in his friend's company: Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide, Discharg'd of care, on unfrequented plains, We'd sing of rural joys in rural strains. * We find him...
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Nature and the Country in English Poetry of the First Half of the Eighteenth ...

C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 pages
...Vol. I, p. 469. 7 And., Vol. VII, p. 293. He imagines how the days would pass in his friend's company: Calm as a gentle brook's unruffled tide Should the delicious flowing minutes glide, Discharg'd of care, on unfrequented plains, We'd sing of rural joys in rural strains. 1 We find him...
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