Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. I would be great, but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill: I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending... The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ... - Страница 238по Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - 1822 - 383 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 страници
...proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke ; I would be rich, but see men too unkind Dic in the bowels of the richest mind ; I would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected while the ass goes free ; I would be fair, but sec the fair and proud Like the bright sun oft setting... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 страници
...rising hill : I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke : I would be rich, but see men, too unkind, Dig in the bowels of the richest mine : I would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected, while the ass goes free : I would be... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1854 - 348 страници
...rising hill — I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke — I would be rich, but see men (too unkind) Dig in the...bright sun, oft setting in a cloud — I would be poor, but know the humble grass Still trampled on by each unworthy ass — Rich, hated — wise, suspected... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner ADAMS - 1854 - 762 страници
...rising hill: I would be high, but see the proudest oak, Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke: I would be rich, but see men, too unkind, Dig in the bowels of the richest mine: I would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected, whilst the ass goes free: I would be... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 страници
...hill : "*• j I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke : I would be rich, but see men, too unkind, Dig in the bowels of the richest mine : I would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected, while the ass goes free : I would be... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 страници
...high,—but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke : I would be rich,—but see men too unkind, Dig in the bowels of the richest mind : 2 I would be wise,—but that I often see The fox suspected, whilst the ass goes free : I would be... | |
| Clarion tracts - 1858 - 594 страници
...rising hill; I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke; I would be rich, but see men too unkind Dig in the...would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected, while the ass goes free; I would be fair, but see the fair and proud, Like the bright sun, oft setting... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 страници
...rising hill j I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke ; I would be rich, but see men too unkind Dig in the...would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected while the ass goes free ; I would be fair, but sec the fair and proud Like the bright sun oft setting... | |
| Ipswich sch - 1852 - 788 страници
...laid. E. 8. S. HEIGH DIDDLE DIDDLE. ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED. " Dulce est desipere in loco." Horace. " I would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected, while the ass goes free." Wotton. Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle." While engaged in perusing... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 392 страници
...rising hill; I would be high, but see the proudest oak Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke; I would be rich, but see men too unkind Dig in the...would be wise, but that I often see The fox suspected while the ass goes free ; I would be fair, but see the fair and proud, Like the bright sun, oft setting... | |
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