 | English Association - English literature - 1921 - 172 pages
...corrected by Pope. I am not certain that his judgement was unerring. Lines 3 and 4 run thus : The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well. After this couplet stood another which Pope suppressed : His goods, a glass to measure... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1968 - 678 pages
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 | Edgar Mertner, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford - 320 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next began in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
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FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his... 
