 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket...  Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ... - Strana 67podľa William Cowper - 1787Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1826 - Počet stránok 264
...frankincense on ev'ry side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, 315 And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean, and cheerful if not gay Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - Počet stránok 596
...few his God may have impress'd, A tenfold frenzy seizes all the rest. VOLTAIRE AND THE LACE-WORKER. YON Cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - Počet stránok 468
...frankincense on ev'ry side. He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | 1828 - Počet stránok 814
...perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth. Byron. A CONTRAST. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - Počet stránok 426
...the Creation. When you put a clean pillowaue on your lady's pillow, fasten it well with pins. Sicift. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - Počet stránok 374
...every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And, smother'd in't at last, is praised to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - Počet stránok 590
...soul, and an unmistakable certainty of judgment, such as the proudest philosopher never arrived at, Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door. Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content, though mean, and cheerful, if not gay,. Shuffling her threads about, the live-long... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - Počet stránok 254
...frankincense on every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon Cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, L Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Počet stránok 362
...every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And, smother'd in't at last, is praised to death! Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - Počet stránok 396
...on every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And smothered in't at last, is praised to death. Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day,... | |
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