Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise, but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders... Lectures on the English Poets - Página 185de William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 páginas
...at night Ltes flown secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...Bible true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman * never know ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 páginas
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; F And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh happy peasant... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 páginas
...and at night I^ies down secure, her heart and pocket light; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...be such. (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; VOT-. XXXVT. H As soon shall rise and reascend the throne. By native pow'r and energy her own, As... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 222 páginas
...Shuffling her threads about the livelong day y^h;" . '• Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible tme^r. A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew;, . , , And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, ., . f &, yiiaiiirft9 Her title to a treasure in the skies. . ,i on.i on svfiri One of the ablest writers... | |
| 1837 - 496 páginas
...and at night Liesdown secure, her heartnnd pocket light; She, for her bumble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit, Receives no praise,...— A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew : And iu that charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title lo a treasure in the skies. Oh, hnppy peasant... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 páginas
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. 0 happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 páginas
...secure, her heart and pocket light; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understandmg, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. 0, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; filie, for her humble sphere by nature fît, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth tbe brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure... | |
| Select poetry - 1825 - 182 páginas
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit, Receives no praise,...happy peasant ! oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 262 páginas
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such, 325 (Toilsome and indigent,) she renders much : Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A... | |
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