...at Cobham Lady Darnley's Lace Class at Work LACE BOBBINS By "FINDER" do the loves, joys, and the " 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,...

...impressive passages. 8. William Cowper, comparing the poor Buckinghamshire lace-worker with Voltaire, says : Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just...

...bring his new sermon to a close. Perhaps Cowper's Cottager will furnish him with a fitting climax : 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,...

...me of enjoyments past, And those of sorrows yet to come. Written 1773 ; Poems, 1782 349 Simple Faith 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,...

...following extract from Cowper's "Truth" contains four of the lines about which inquiry is made . " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store : Content though mean, and cheerful it not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,...

...Voltaire and the poor cottager, are exquisite pieces of eloquence and poetry, particularly the last. ' 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,...

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