 Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and...  A Sequel to the Gradual Reader - Pagina 140de David Bates Tower - 1853Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pagini
...prais'd to death. Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore, ^ Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long -day, • Juft earns a fcanty pittance, and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light J She,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pagini
...prais'd to death 1 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay ; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light : She> for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pagini
...prais'd to death ! Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light : She, for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pagini
...prais'd to death ! Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean; and cheerful, if not gay; Shuffling...nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives" no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much; Just knows,... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pagini
...that manifested before his students at St. Andrews, in sublime recitative, repeat the lines — " ' She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit ; She know«, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pagini
...prais'd to death ! Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay ;...nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows,... | |
 | 1803 - 452 pagini
...cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean j and cheerful, if not gay ; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light t She, for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pagini
...cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her littlo ftore ; Content though me;m, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft eams a fcanty pittance, and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light; She, for her... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pagini
...praised to death-. Yon cottager, who weaves at hep own door, Pillow and bobhins all her little store; Content though mean> and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling...the live-long day, Just .earns a scanty pittance, and-at-night Lies down secure,, her heart a-nd pocket light ;, She, for her humble sphere by nature... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pagini
...prais'd to death 1 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own Joor, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay ,...by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit ; Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much; Just... | |
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