 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fbed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each vvilli contracting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort rcpofe, Breathes the... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...contiguous palace rear it's head, To fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort repofe, Breathes the... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, , Each wifh contra&ing, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn he wakes from fhort repofe, Breaths the keen... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 202 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...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 > /5ft No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...contiguous palace rear its head To fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil, Cheerful at morn he wakes from mort repofe, Breafts the keen... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...and toil, Each wifh contracting, fits him to the foil. Cheerful at morn he wakes from ihort rcpofc, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the tinny deep, Or drives his vent'rausploughrihare to the ftcep j Or fecks the den where fnow-tracks... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...and toil, Each wiflj eonu-afting, fits him to the feiL Cheerful at morn he wakes from fhoit rcpofe, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his vent'rous ploughfharc to the ftccp; Or feeks the den where fnow-track... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort repofe, Breathes the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...rear it's head, To made the meannefs of his humble flied } 4 . • ' 4 No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wiih contrafting, fits him to the foil. Cheerful at mom he wakes from mort repofej Breafts the keen... | |
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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... 
