 Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge...  Poems ...by William Cowper - 1885 - 334 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...like salt which has * The distinction between knowledge and wisdom should be ever remembered: for, " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, " Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells " In heads replete with thoughts of other men; " Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. " Knowledge... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow...Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwell* In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hoars to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson...and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heari May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow...Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hoars to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his hooks. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells Jn heads... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow...one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 358 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow...one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow...Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 494 pages
...Charms more than silence, Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. TOLL for the brave! The brave that are no more! All sunk beneath the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more! All sunk beneath the... | |
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