 ... and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh. The soil...  Tales of Wonder; - Page 269by Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...neither poorly low, uor idly great: It seem'd to speak its master's tarn of mind, Content, and not to praise, but virtue kind. Hither the walkers turn with weary feet, Then Mess the mansion, and the master gnet; Their greeting fair, bestow'd with modest cuts*, The courteous... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...mansion nigh. ' The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content,...for praise but virtue kind. Hither the walkers turn their weary feet, Then bless the mansion, and the master greet ; Their greeting fair, bestow'd with... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...lodging nigh. J The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great: It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content, and, not for praise but virtue, kind. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, ) Again the wanderers want a place to lie, > ' Without... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...nigh — The soil improv'd around — the mansion neat— And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind — Content,...weary feet ; Then bless the mansion, and the master gi eet ; Their greeting f.*ir, bestow'd with modest guise, The courleous master hoars, and thus rep'i*s.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...seem'd to speak its master's turn of mindContent, and not for praise, but virtue, kind. Hither the weary walkers turn with weary feet ; Then bless the mansion,...guise, The courteous master hears, and thus replies, ja Without a vain, without a grudging heart, *To him who gives us all, I yield a part : From him you... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...nigh— The soil improv'd around — the mansion neat — And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind — Content, and not for praise, but virtue, kind. Hither the weary walkers turn with weary feet ; Then bless the mansion, and the master greet ; Their greeting... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...improved around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seemed to speak its masters turn of mind, Content, and not for praise, but virtue kind. Hither the walkers turn their weary ftct, :Fhen bless the mansion, and the master greet : Their greeting fair bestowed, with... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...lodging nigh, The toil hnprov'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great : ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure a to praise, but virtue kind. Hither the walkers turn with weary feet, Then bless the mansion, and the... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...lodging- nigh. The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low nor idly great ; It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content, and not for praise, but virtue kind. « Without a vain, without a grudging heart, " To Him who gives us all I yield a part; *' From Him... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 pages
...lodging nigh, The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great .. It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content, and not to praise, but virtue kind. Hither the walkers turn with weary feet, Then bless the mansion, and the... | |
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