 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.  Poems - Page 240by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...fall ; No not a fingle thought like that Employs his philofophic pate, Or troubles it at all. 5He fees that this great roundabout The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, phyfic, law, Its cuftoms and its bufinefies Are no concern at all of his, Thrice happy bird ! I too... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...No,, not a fingle thought like that: Employs his philofophic pate,, Or troubles it at all. V. He fees that this great round-about The world, with all- its motley rout*. Church, army, phylie, law,. In cuftoms and its bufinefs Are no concern at all of his, . And fays,— .what fays he?... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 380 pages
...No not a fingle thought like that Employs his philofophic pate, - Or troubles it at all. V. He fees that this great roundabout The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, phyfic, law, Its cuftoms and its bufmefles Are no concern at all of his, And fays, what fays he ? Caw.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...No ; not a fingle thought like that Employs his philofophic pate, Or troubles it at all. V. He fees, that this great roundabout— The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, phyfic, law, Jts cuftoms, and its bus'nefies, Is no concern at all of his, .^nd fays — what fays... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...fall; No, not a fingle thought like that imploys his philofophic pate, Or troubles it at all. ríe fees that this great round-about, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, phyfic, law, rts cuftoms and its bufineffcs Are no concefn at all of his, And fays, what fays he ?... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...thence securely sees The bustle and the raree-show That occupy mankind below, Secure, and at his ease. 4 You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken...fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophick pate, Or troubles it at all. 5 He sees, that this great roundabout — The world with... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...raree-show That occupy mankind below, Secure, and at his ease. 4 You think, no doubt, he sits and muse« On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance...fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophick pate, Or troubles it at all. S He sees, that this great roundabout — The world with... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 300 pages
...bustle and the raree-shovr That occupy mankind below, Secare and at his ease. You think, no doubt, be sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fail, No not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...we have on the authority of Cowper, in an epigram on the speculations of that bird from a steeple : He sees that this great round-about, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, phvsick, law, Its customs and its businesses, Are no concern at ail of his ; And says — \Vhat says... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...we have on the authority of Cowper, in an epigram otl the speculations of that bird from a steeple : He sees that this great round-about, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physick, law, Its customs and its businesses, Are no concern at all of his ; And saf's — What says... | |
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