 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and...  Church of Scotland magazine and review - Página 248de Scotland Church of - 1853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1853 - 624 páginas
...that manifested before his students at St. Andrews, in sublime recitative repeat the lilies : — ' She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit ; She knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew — And... | |
 | George Peck Eckman - 1915 - 220 páginas
...philosopher Voltaire: Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillows and bobbins all her little store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that... | |
 | George Peck Eckman - 1915 - 220 páginas
...philosopher Voltaire: Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillows and bobbins all her little store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 580 páginas
...side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And, smother'd in't at last, is praised to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pockut light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature n't, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives... | |
 | 1900 - 1004 páginas
...following extract from Cowper's "Truth" contains four of the lines about which inquiry is made . " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...her little store : Content though mean, and cheerful it not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1883 - 536 páginas
...side to produce the desired ' sprig ' or ' border.' We see here what recalls Cowper's lines — " ' Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...night, Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light.' " In the early part of the present century the lace manufacturers of Honiton employed about 2,500 women... | |
 | Mary-Ann Constantine, Gerald Porter - 2003 - 288 páginas
...Cowper was presenting the lacemaker (in a poem called 'Truth') as the type of the 'deserving poor': Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...pocket light: She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, '6 Extract from 7. 12-15: Complete Writings, 333. " Porter, '"Work the old lady out of the ditch'".... | |
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