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" The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly; And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams;... "
The bachelor's wife, a selection of curious and interesting extracts - Page 149
by John Galt - 1824
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 9-10

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear Dropp'd thee from heaven, where now th' art rear'd -t The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop and &y, And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn-bed to lie ! Up with the day; the...
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Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. &c. To which is Added, Aramantha ...

Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817 - 284 pages
...beard, Drunk ev'ry night with a delicious tear Dropp'd thee from heav'n, where now thou'rt rear'd . The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...fly; And when thy poppy works thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plats of...
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear, Drop'd thee from heav'n where now thou 'rt rear'd. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...; And when thy poppy works thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plats of...
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Kentish poets, a series of writers, natives of or residents in ..., Volume 2

Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear, Drop'd thee from heav'n where now thou 'rt rear'd. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...; And when thy poppy works thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plats of...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

Books - 1821 - 404 pages
...beard, Drunk ev'ry night with a delicious tear Dropp'd thee from heav'n, where now thou'rt rear'd. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, • That...And, when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plats of...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

Books - 1821 - 408 pages
...thee from heav'n, where now thou'rt rear'd. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with'thy feet and wings dost hop and fly ; • ' And, when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carv'd acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt-plats of...
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Time's Telescope

Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...beard, . Drank ev'ry night with a delicious tear Dropped thee from heaven, where now thou'rt reared; The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...wings dost hop and fly ; And, when thy poppy works, tuou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...beard, Drunk every night with a delicious tear, Dropp'd thee from heav'n, where now thou'rt rear'd. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with...works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. But ah, the sickle ! golden ears are cropp'd ; Ceres and Bacchus bid good night ; Sharp frosty fingers...
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The Magazine of the beau monde; or, Monthly journal of fashion ..., Volumes 4-5

1834 - 582 pages
...Dropped thee from heaven, where now thoii'rt reared. The joys of earth and air are thine entire, 1 bat with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly ; And, when...works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. • » « « But all, the sickle ! golden ears are cropped ; Ceres and Bacchus bid good ni^lii ; Sharp...
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Episodes of insect life. By Acheta Domestica

L M. Budgen - 1851 - 492 pages
...of past stages, traces the development of his own imago, his present self 412 LOVERS OF PLEASURE. " The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop aud fly ; And when thy poppy works, thon dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. " But ah ! the...
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