| Arethusa Hall - 1849 - 230 страници
...skies. Oh, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He, praised, 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." Solomon says of wisdom,... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 страници
...skies. Oh happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised 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. Not many wise, rich, noble,... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 страници
...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, She never heard of half a mile from home : He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. PORTRAIT OF WHITFIELD. Leuconomus... | |
| William Hanna - 1851 - 562 страници
...skies. 0 happy peasant ! — 0 unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel — hers the rich reward ! He praised 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." It was known that in the... | |
| Christian poets - 1851 - 470 страници
...skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He, praised, 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 her's. WHAT SOX IS HE WHOM THE... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...the skies. 0 happy peasant ! 0 unhappy bard 1 His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, O Ӏ* ; Hé lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. To Mary (Mrt Unwin).... | |
| William Cowper - 1852 - 466 страници
...Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy hard 1 His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward; He prais'd 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. Not many wise, rich, nohle,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 страници
...skies. 6. O, happy peasant ! O, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He praised, 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. I'M JUST AS SURE AS CAN... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 страници
...skies. ' O happy peasant ! 0 unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, 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." The charm of Cowper's poetry... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 520 страници
...flues. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinfel, hers the rich reward ; He praifed perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half...vain heart prefers, She, fafe in the fimplicity of hers. And is it not a mortifying thought The poor mould gain it, and the rich mould not ? No — the... | |
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