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" Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes ; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose,... "
The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett - Page 177
by Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 254 pages
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...swarm, that in thy noontide beam were born ? Gone to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er...his evening prey. II. 3. " Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Ver. 64. Low on his funeral couch he lies] Death of that king, abandoned...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 474 pages
...passage in his Bard, but dropt the allusion to the parable of the prodigal — ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, While, proudly riding o'er...That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' 3 So in Othello : ' The bawdy wind, that kisses all it meets.' It has been observed by Mr. Steevens...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 pages
...swarm, that in thy noon-tide beam were born, Gone to salute the rising Morn. Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er...Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects bis eveningprey. II. 3. « Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown,...
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Vestigia Anglicana: Or, Illustrations of the More Interesting and ..., Volume 2

Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 pages
...the clouds and tempests which darkened the horizon of his unhappy grandson : Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey. A. — We have another illustration of the misfortunes...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. As you like ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 470 pages
...passage in his Bard, bat droptthe allusion to the parable of the prodigal — ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, While, proudly riding o'er...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hnsh'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' ' So in Othello : ' The bawdy wind, that kisses all...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 18, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...allusion to the parable of the prodigal—• ' Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows, \Vhile, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim...goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; That hnsh'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.' Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway,...
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The History of Pontefract, in Yorkshire

George Fox - 1827 - 458 pages
...magnificence and splendor which ushered in his reign. — * ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zepbyr blows. While proudly riding o'er the azure realm,...hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.' The populace pitied his misfortunes and such numbers flocked to his standard, that they resolved to...
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The Dartmouth, Volume 1

1867 - 420 pages
...strumpet wind !" (Merch. of Ven., Act II, sec. 6.) may be compared with Gray's "Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in...
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Aspects of Eighteenth Century Nature Poetry

Cecil Victor Deane - 1967 - 166 pages
...The conventional language attains a certain splendour in the familiar passage: Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er...goes Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Coleridge took exception to the concluding line on the grounds that it depended 'wholly on the compositors...
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Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life ..., Part 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1984 - 860 pages
...Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind! 3 to the imitation in the bard; Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, YOUTH at the prow and PLEASURE at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim...
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