 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
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destrov, By sullen frowns or prating rude. " I Mst night, a,s sad l chanced to stray. The village death-bell smote my ear : They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare : thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...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...minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or prating rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear : They winked... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 354 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...Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl 1 can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 356 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...village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, 1 Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...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...minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or prating rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear: They winked... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - 696 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 plant,...village death-bell smote my ear; They wink'd aside, and seem'd to say, ' Countess, prepare, thy end is near ! ' " And now, while happy peasants sleep, Here... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them P Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor...cruel Earl, can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Tour minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or pratings rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1871 - 496 pages
...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...my peace destroy By sullen frowns or pratings rude. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green Woe was the hour — for never... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. How far less bless'd am I than them, the morning Sunk chill on my brow — It felt like...Of what I feel now. Thy vowa are all broken, And li crnel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe i 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...peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. CUMNOR HALL. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked... | |
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