 | William Cowper - 1782 - 378 pages
...fkies. Oh happy peafant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinfel, her's the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of > half a mile from home j He loft in errors his vain heart prefers, She fafe in the fimplicity of hers. Not many wife, rich,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1782 - 384 pages
...lot be fuch, Toilfome and indigent) fhe renders much ; Juft knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads with fparkling eyes, Her title to a treafure in the fkies. Oh happy peafant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...lot be fuch, Tcilfome and indigent) fhe renders much ; Juft knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads with fparkling eyes, Her tick to a treafure in the fkies. Oh happy peafant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...lot be fuch, Toilfome and indigent) fhe renders much ; Juft knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with fparkling cyes^ Her title to a trcafure in the fkies. Oh happy peafant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...fiich, (Toilfome arid indigent) fhe renders much; Juft knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— • A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew -, / And in that charter reads, with fparkling eyes, . • er title to a treafure in the fkies. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard 1 His... | |
 | William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...fuch, (Toilfome and indigent) fhe renders much ; Juft knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — . A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that charter reads, with fparkling eyes, Her title to a treafure in the ikies. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard i His the... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit ; She know«, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew — And...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. О happy peasant t — О unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel — hers the rich reward ! He praised... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true.... A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He, prais'd, perhaps,... | |
 | 1803 - 452 pages
...befuch, (Toilfome and indigent) me renders much ; Juft knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads, with fparkling eyes, Her title to a treafure in the fkies. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...be fucb, (Toilfome and indigent, (he renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with fparkling eyes Her title to a treafure in the fkies. Oh happy peafartt ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the... | |
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Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true A. truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. 
