 | English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...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 - 316 pages
...palace rear its head To fhame the meannefs of his humble med ; • 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, hts him to the foil. Chearful at morn he wakes from fhort repofe, Breaths iV.i- keen... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pages
...rear its head To fhauic the meanncfs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet (it;il To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifli contradting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn he wakes from fhort repofe, Breaths the keen... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 202 pages
...palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm,...toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Chearful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...palace rear its head To 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... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...palace rear its head To fliame the raeannefs of his humble filed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifli contracting, fits him to the foil ; Cheerful at morn he wakes from fliort repofe. Breathes the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm,...Wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his vent'rous ploughshare to... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 614 pages
...palace rear its bead, To fbame the rrveannefs of his hnmble (bed j No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal ; To make him loath his vegetable meal . But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each with contracting hts him to the foil. Cheerful at morn he wakes from fliort rrpofir, Breathes 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; No costly lord, the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable... 
