 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...  Poems - Side 44av William Cowper - 1820 - 480 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1894 - 516 sider
...brotiad ; felly hefyd gall Mephisto heddyw ragori ar Renan ond iddo lafurio am у sicrwydd hwn : — " Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies." Abermaw. D. EVANS. "A MARWOLAETH Ш BYDD MWÏACH." MARWOLDDYN rhwng y beddau ydwyf fi, Mewn byd sy'n... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1897 - 592 sider
...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...reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, vibe never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1897 - 388 sider
...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 treasure reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a mansion in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy... | |
 | 1897 - 638 sider
...demigod revere. "Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. "He praised, perhaps, for ages yet to come ; She never heard of half a mile from home ;" With Cowper,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 586 sider
...that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich...perhaps for ages yet to come, She, never heard of half a mile from home ; He, lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers. —Truth.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 sider
...her humble sphere by nature fit, Had little understanding and no wit ; Receives no praise, but though her lot be such — Toilsome and indigent — she...and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the witty Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure... | |
 | 1900 - 372 sider
...from one end of the country to the other. And oh, still harder lesson, how to die. BEILBY POBTEUS. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. COWPEB. A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. EDWARD GIBSON. The whiteness... | |
 | Robert Shields - 1900 - 370 sider
...from one end of the country to the other. And oh, still harder lesson, how to die. BEILBY PORTEUS. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. COWPBK. A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. EDWARD GIBSON. The whiteness... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1901 - 320 sider
...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...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. to Oh happy peasant ! oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps... | |
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - 1901 - 250 sider
...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...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies." The Patron Saint of the craft is St. Andrew, whose anniversary, on November 30th, was until the last... | |
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