| Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1795 - 616 pages
...feek no more than may fuffice : I prefs to bear no haughty fway, For what I lack my Mind fupplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a King, Content with what my Mind doth bring. I fee how plenty forfeits oft, And hafty climbers foonefl fall ; I fee that fuch as fit aloft, Mifhap... | |
| Lady - 1807 - 1807 - 232 pages
...exceeds all earthly MBM That God or nature hath assignde : Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is my stay, I seek no more than may suffice ; I presse to beare no hanghtie sway ; Look, what I lack my mind supplies : * MY MIND TO ME Loe! thus I... | |
| Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...excels all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assign'd. Tho' much I want that most wou'd have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this...supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall ; I see that... | |
| Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...earthly blisse, That God or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want, that most would have, 5 Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice : I presse to beare no haughtie sway; Look what I lack my mind supplies. 10 "Loe ! thus I triumph like... | |
| Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...all earthly bliss. That God or nature hath assign'd : Though much I want that most would liave, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this...than may suffice : I press to bear no haughty sway ; r Look what I lack, my mind supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, I see how plenty surfeits... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...earthly bliss, Th:it God or natiire hath assign'd : Though much I want tliat most would have, Yet sail my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is...supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall : I see that... | |
| England - 1838 - 884 pages
...exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Tho* much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. " Content I live, this is my stay ; I leek no more than may suffice : I press to bear no haughty sway : Look, what I lack, my mind supplies.... | |
| John Gamble - 1819 - 748 pages
...Such perfect joy therein I fi>d ; As far exceeds all earthly bliss, That God or nature hath assigned : Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with what my mind doth bring." LETTER XIX. Termentmongan. I LEFT Strabane yesterday, as I bad proposed, in company with a pleasant... | |
| Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 404 pages
...all earthly blisse, That God or Nature hath assignde ; Though much I want that most would bave, Tet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice : I presse to bear no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my minde supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
| William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...assign Je ; Though much I want that most would hare, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content Mive, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice : I presse to bear no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my minde supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
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