 You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees that this great round-about, The world, with all its...  Poemata Latine partim reddita, partim scripta - Page 186by Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...: not a single thought like that Employs hia philosophick pate. Or trouHes it at all AD GRILLUM. V. He sees, that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physick, law, Its customs, and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses on future broken bones and bruises, if he should chance to fall : no, not a single thought like that employs his philosophic...no concern at all of his, and says — what says he 1 — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I, too, have seen much of the vanities of men ; and, sick of having... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his And says — what says he ? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - 430 pages
...ease. You think, no doubt, he sits an On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...army, physic, law, Its customs, and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he 1 — Caw. Thrice happy bird 1 I too have seen... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its bus'nesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says—what says he ?—Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall; No ! not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley route, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, Thrice... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. The Jackdaw. He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with...army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what say.-. he ? — Caw. WJ MICKLE. 1734-1788. The Mariner's... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...bruises, If he should chance to fall ; No ; not a single thought like that, Employs his philosophic pate, He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with...rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its bus'nesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1856 - 600 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. -in-. n. ir edifices. Each individual nest is three or four inches in diameter,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its bus'nesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I... | |
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