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
| William Cowper - 1899 - 660 páginas
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| William Cowper - 1836 - 394 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...title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come,... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 468 páginas
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| Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 574 páginas
...with that of Voltaire : " She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Of little understanding and no wit, Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth...never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling ey«s Her title to a treasure in the ikies. " O happy peasant, O unhappy bard — His the mere tinsel,... | |
| Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 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 : Oh, happy peasant! oh, unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward : He praised, perhaps,... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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 ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her'sthe rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come,... | |
| Elizabeth Ritchie - 1838 - 194 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." Cowper's " Truth." " We are here introduced to the humble dwelling of the cottager, and are struck... | |
| 1838 - 332 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, her's the rich reward ; He praised perhaps... | |
| 1841 - 538 páginas
...lines of Cowper : — " She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true ; (A...title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant,! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. He, praised, perhaps, for ages yet to come... | |
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