 | 1854 - 1112 páginas
...made up, not so much of great deeds of philanthropy, as by the perennial acts of social life. " It is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain' d by fever' d lips, May send a shock of pleasure to the soul, More exquisite than when nectarious... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...Hath power to choose, and what she wills, to be. THOMAS NOON TALFOURD. [From /on.] LITTLE KIXDXESSES. The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little tiling To give a cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give... | |
 | 1836 - 382 páginas
...thy home, Wilt risk thy life with strangers, in whose aid i ' V.TI t Imii canst do hut little ! Ion. It is little : But in these sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak end poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught... | |
 | sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1835 - 232 páginas
...within thy home, Wilt risk thy life with strangers, in whose aid Even thou canst do but little ? ION. It is little. But in these sharp extremities of fortune,...cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1836 - 140 páginas
...within thy home, Wilt risk thy life with strangers, in whose aid Even thou canst do but little ? ION. It is little: But in these sharp extremities of fortune,...cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | 1836 - 604 páginas
...within thy home, Wilt risk thy life with strangers, in whose aid Even thou canst do but little ? Ion. It is little : But in these sharp extremities of fortune,...cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment drain'd by fevcr'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | 1836 - 640 páginas
...thy home, Wilt risk thy life with strancers, in whose aid Even thou canst do but hut little ? ION. It is little: But in these sharp extremities of fortune....blessings which the weak and poor can scatter, Have th-iir own season. *Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught ( Of cool rcfrcblmicnt,... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1838 - 346 páginas
...a week may be wholly and not unprofitably spent, without ennui or weariness. FOUNTAIN IN GALATA. " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1839 - 228 páginas
...industry, that it may yield the greater profit. The truly good man is the man who does good. " In the sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which...water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice ,... | |
 | 1839 - 418 páginas
...mountain, we might often find in our beaten path, would we but stoop for it. "Tis a little thing To jjive a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, M-ty send a thrill of pleasure through the frame, More exquisite than when nectarian... | |
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Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. 
