 s their estate; To smile for joy than sigh for woe — To be content — than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them — Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel...  Kenilworth - Page ixby Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe; To be content, than to be great. "How far less blessed am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant,...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near!' " And now, while happy peasants... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...smile for joy, than sigh for wo ; To be content, than to be great. How far less blessed am I than them, supplied. But a Disposer, whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us t can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns,... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...joy — than sigh for woe ; To be content — than to be great. How far less blest am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor...the chilling air ! Nor, cruel earl, can I enjoy The hnmble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or prating rude.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 698 pages
...— than sigh for woe — To be content — than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them ? Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor...stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Ear! ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minion's proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe; To be content, than to be great. " How far less bless'd am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant,...village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seenvd to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near.' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 380 pages
...pansies for you, that's for thoughts. Winter's Tale. CHAPTER I. How far less am I blest than they, Daily to pine, and waste with care, Like the poor...that from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. MICKLE'S Cumnor Hall. A RTHUR and Violet arrived at their new home in _Cl_ the twilight, when the drawing-room... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - England - 1854 - 382 pages
...pansies for you, that's for thoughts. Winter's Tale. CHAPTER I. How far lesa am I blest than they, Daily to pine, and waste with care, Like the poor...that from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. MICKLE'S Cumnor Hall. k E-THUE and Violet arrived at their new home in j\_ the twilight, when the drawing-room... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. How far less blessed am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor...stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near.' And now, when happy peasants... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...sigh for woe; To be content, than to be great. VOL. m. R 257 19 'How far less blessed am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant,...that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. 20 'Nor, cruel Earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy,... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 196 pages
...sigh for woe ; To Ix; content, than to be great. ITMNOR HAI.L. il " How far less blest am I than them, Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant that, from its stetn Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl, can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude... | |
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