 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient... | |
 | 1816 - 300 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him for the soil, Cheerful at morn he walces from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes; With patient... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1819 - 634 páginas
...their Paradise ; there being a place of that name on the north side of the bay. So true it is, that " Still, even here, content can spread a charm, Redress...toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil." As I passed over the extensive plains, between the bay and the mountains, I came up to a fine large... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed } No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he- wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes : Wilh patent... | |
 | 1821 - 270 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm and bred in ignorance and toil. Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he-goes : . With... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 páginas
...meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes; With patient... | |
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Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord, the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable... 
