 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - 544 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...cruel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; " Last night, as sad I chancod to stray, The village death-bell smote my car ; They wink'd aside,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 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...stray, the village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked aside, and seemed to say, ' Countess, prepare — thy end is near !' Thus sore and sad that... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 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...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... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Children's poetry - 1891 - 384 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...that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. ' My spirits flag — my hopes decay — Still that dread death-bell smites my ear : And many a boding... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 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...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... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 554 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 936 pages
...joy— than sigh for woe— To be content— than to be great. " How far lees blest am I than them. Daily to pine and waste with care! Like the poor plant, that, from its etem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel earl I can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1900 - 482 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...Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death bell smote my ear. They winked aside, and seemed to say, " Countess, prepare ! Thy end is near... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 350 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...Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death bell smote my ear. They winked aside, and seemed to say, "Countess, prepare! Thy end is near!"... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...flesh,— The world shall see his bones ! " O God ! that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake ! '' "+ Coa 2 seem VI to say, 'Countess, prepare, thy end is near!" "And now, while happy peasant? sleep, Here I... | |
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