| William Cowper - English poetry - 1782 - 384 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 } He loft in errors his vain heart prefers, She fafe in the fimplicity of hers. Not many wife, rich, noble,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 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 - 1786 - 756 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 ;. He loft in errors his vain heart prefers, She fafe in the fimplicity of hers. Not many wife, rich, noble,... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 334 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; He loft in errors his vain heart prefers, She fafe in the fimplicity of hers. Not many wife, rich, noble,... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...fkies. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard 1 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 : He, loft in errors, his vain heart prefers ; She, fafe in the fimplicity of her's. Not many wife, rich,... | |
| William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...ikies. Oh, happy peafant ! Oh, unhappy bard i 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 ; He, loft in errors, his vain heart prefers ; She, fefe in the fimplicity of her's. Not many wife, rich,... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...; She know«, 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. О happy peasant t — О unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel — hers the rich reward ! He praised... | |
| 1803 - 452 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 ; He, loft in errors, his vain heart prefers; She, fafe in the fimplicity of her's. Not many wife, rich,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...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. Oh, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He, prais'd, perhaps,... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...fkies. Oh happy peafartt ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinfel, her's the rich reward ; He praifed perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home : He loft in errors his vain heart prefers, She fafe in the flmplicity of her's. Not many wife, rich, noble,... | |
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