 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 страници
...side, He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. 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 livelong day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 274 страници
...He beg? their fbtt'ry with his latest breath. And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. YOB 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 livelong day.... | |
 | 1817 - 536 страници
...put it out, then take it for a guide." The same defect in the poem entitled "Truth," often occurs: "Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, > Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content, tbo" mean: and cheerful if not pay; Shuffling her threads about the livelong day."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 234 страници
...side, He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And srnothcr'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. 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 livelong day,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 страници
...the parallel between Voltaire and the poor cottager, are exquisite pieces of eloquence and poetry. " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store j Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 314 страници
...side, He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gar, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 страници
...His principal works are the Task, and other moral poems; antl a valuable translation of Homer. 3 Ye* 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 livelong day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 страници
...side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And smothered in't at last, is praised to death. 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 страници
...side, He begs their flattery with his latest breatb, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. 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 livelong day,... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 222 страници
...honour, and immortality'.' It' an original of Cowper-s picture. ' '.'~ir --*'£vg • •i. ;.i,' :iil) 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 livelong day... | |
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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 livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket... 
