 | John Bell - 1789 - 426 pages
...whole business this! Is it to bask i' th' sun ? if so, a snail Were happy crawling on a southern wall. Why sits Content upon a cottage sill At even-tide;...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 fare, And works out his... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 376 pages
...sits Content upon a cottage si^l *' At even-tide ; and blesseth the coarse meal_^ In sooty corner I why sweet slumbers wait Th" hard pallet ? not because from haunt remote, Sequester'd in a dingle's bushy lap : g'Tis labour makes the peasant's sav'ry fare, gAnd works out... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...whole business thisl Is it 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...blesseth the coarse meal In sooty corner? why sweet slumber wait Th' hard pallet? not because from haunt remote Sequester'd iu a dingle's bushy lap : 'Tis... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...whole business this ! 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,...blesseth the coarse meal In sooty corner ; why sweet slumber wait Th' hard pallet ? Not because from haunt remote Sequester'd in a dingle' s bushy lap :... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...content upon a cottage sill At eventide, and blesses the coarse meal In sooty corner ? Why sweet Slumber wait Th' hard pallet ? Not because from haunt remote...Sequestered in a dingle's bushy lap : 'Tis Labour sav'ry makes the peasant's fare, And works out his repose : for Ease must ask The leave of Diligence... | |
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Th' hard pallet ? not because from haunt remote, Sequester'd in a dingle's bushy lap : 'Tis labour makes the peasant's sav'ry fare, And works out his repose : for ease must ask The leave of diligence to be enjoy'd. Oh ! listen not to that enchantress... 