 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
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 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...that from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. XX. Nor, cruel Earl 1 can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy,... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...Countess can have woe. " How far less blest am I than them !15 Daily to pine and waste with care,1" Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. "My spirits flag;17 my hopes decay ; Still that dread death-bell smites my ear: And many a boding18... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1879 - 584 pages
...PABT II. There's panaies for you, that's for thoughts. CHAPTER I. How far less am I blest than they, Daily to pine, and waste with care, Like the poor plant, that from its stem Hamkt. Divided, feels the filling air. MICKLE'S Oumnor Satt. ARTHUR and Violet arrived at their new... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...less blest am I than them, Tn-ily to pine and waste with care! e poor plant, that from its stem ;d, feels the chilling air. "N'or, cruel earl, can I enjoy...to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear, They winked aside, and seemed to say, l Countess, prepare — thy end is near. ' "And now, when happy peasants... | |
 | Readers - 1880 - 404 pages
...they mark my silken train, Nor think a countess can have woe. " 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. " My spirits flag ; my hopes decay ; Still that dread doath-beil smites my ear: And many a boding seems... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe — To be content, than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them? ightx 4 ; FIRESIDE ES CYCLOPAEDIA OF POETRY. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...joy, than sigh for woe; To be content, than to be great. 19 'How far less bless 'd 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...•How far Ires blett am I than them, are! Like the poor plant, that, from its steo Divided, tecis tbe chilling air. * Nor, cruel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my poace d«?*4roy, By Builen Erowus, or pratings rude." ' Last ntpht, as sad I chanced to stray, The... | |
 | Girls - 1883 - 162 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, while happy peasants... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 392 pages
...for joy, than sigh for wo — 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 Karl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy, liy sullen... | |
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