 | John Bell - 1789 - 426 pages
...sooty corner ? why sweet slumbers wait Th' hard pallet ? not because from haunt remote, Sequester'd in a dingle's bushy lap : 'Tis labour makes the peasant's...repose : for ease must ask The leave of diligence to be enjoy'd. Oh ! listen not to that enchantress Ease With seeming smile; her palatable cup By standing... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...sooty corner? why sweet slumber wait Th' hard pallet? not because from haunt remote Sequester'd iu a dingle's bushy lap : 'Tis labour makes the peasant's sav'ry fare, . And w >rks out his repose : for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoy'J. Oh ! listen not to... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...; why sweet slumber wait Th' hard pallet ? Not because from haunt remote Sequester'd in a dingle' s bushy lap : 'Tis labour makes the peasant's sav'ry...repose ; for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoy'd. Oh ! listen not to that enchantress Ease With -seeming smile ; her palatable cup By standing... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 882 pages
...crowds remote, Sequester'd in a dingle's bushy lap ; 'Tis labour makes the peasant's cheering face, And works out his repose — for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoy'd. / O ! turn in time from that enchantress Ease ! Her smiles are feign'd ; her palatable cup... | |
 | 1823 - 346 pages
...has benevolently provided happiness for all his children. " Tis labour savoury makes the peasant's fare, And works out his repose: for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoy'd." After all, it may justly be questioned if poverty, or the appearance of it, is the evil so... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...crowds remote, Sequester'd in a dingle's bushy lap : — "Tis labour makes the peasant's cheering face, And works out his repose — for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoy'd. O, turn in time from that enchantress Ease ! Her smiles are feign'd ; her palatable cup By... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pages
...In sooty* corner ? Why, sweet Slumber wait The hard pallet ? Tis labour savoury makes the peasant's fare, And works out his repose : for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoyed. — S. Dames. Oh listen not to that enchantress Sloth "With seeming smile; her palatable cup... | |
 | Ebenezer Coloham Brewer - 1878 - 476 pages
...In sooty corner ? Why, sweet Slumber wait The hard pallet ? 'Tis labour savoury makes the peasant's fare, And works out his repose : for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoyed. — S. Davies. Oh listen not to that enchantress Sloth With seeming smile ; her palatable... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 308 pages
...In sooty corner ? Why, sweet Slumber wait The hard pallet ? 'T is labor savory makes the peasant's fare, And works out his repose : for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence to be enjoyed. — S. DAVIES. 20. Ability and necessity dwell in the same cabin. PYTHAGORAS. 21. As a bird... | |
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Is to bask i' th' sun ? if so a snail Were happy crawling on a southern wall. .Why sits content upon a cottage sill At eventide, and blesseth the coarse meal In sooty corner ; why sweet slumber wait Th... 