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 - 1826 - 264 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... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 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 ill . rich reward ; He prais'd, perhaps, for ages yet to... | |
| 1827 - 396 páginas
...beautifully in his Task, with the accomplished and gifted infidel Voltaire. She " Just knew, and knew no more, her Bible true ; A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.° But, Mr. Editor, while I was thus reading the extracts from this volume of Pollock, entitled, " The... | |
| 1828 - 814 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,...title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come,... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 374 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... | |
| Caroline Fry - 1830 - 392 páginas
...— wound others, and corrupt ourselves ? No. IV. POLL PEG. She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit, Receives no praise,...much, Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true. COWPER. ALL who enter on the world are in pursuit of happiness ; each one questions of another where... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 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,...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. The witness of the Spirit of God is then the only admissible and irresistible witness to the Word of... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 páginas
...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 perhajw... | |
| Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 288 páginas
...wound others, and corrupt ourselves? VOL. I. GOOD OLD MARY. She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit, Receives no praise...— Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true. COWPEH. ALL who enter on the world are in pursuit of happiness ; each one questions of another where... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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. THE LITTLE GRAVES. 'TWAS autumn, and the leaves were dry, And rustled on the ground, And chilly winds... | |
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