 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 страници
...forgot: Monarchs! we envy not your state; We look with pity on the great, And bless our humbler lot. Our portion is not large, indeed; But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We 'll therefore relish, with content, Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 страници
...the larger and more tempting." Is this the way you make the most of your enjoyments 1 CAREFULNESS. Our portion is not large, indeed; But, then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. THE TWO MOTHERS.—No. VIL " Let her be a child of God, that she... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 страници
...Monarchs ! we envy not your state ; We look with pity on the great, And bless our humbler lot. Onr portion is not large indeed; But then how little do...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence had... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 страници
...The cavern wild with tangling roots, Sits o'er his newly-gathered fruits, Beside his crystal well! Our portion is not large, indeed, But then how little do we need! Famine, plague, war, and an unnumbered throng Of guilt-avenging ills, to man belong : What black, what... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 страници
...forgot : Monarchs, we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed, But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. Well therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence hath... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 страници
...forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed; But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | 1852 - 302 страници
...that Your portion is not large indeed, But then, how little do you need. For Nature's calls are few j In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. There are few who have not, at one time or other, felt, how useful... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 страници
...forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large indeed ; But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 страници
...forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large indeed ; But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | 1855 - 488 страници
...happy, until thou knowest that the things of this life are insufficient of themselves to make thee so. Our portion is not large indeed ! But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. This life is a passage, not a port. That disposition is opposite... | |
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Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. 
