 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 livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket...  Poems - Page 89by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...frankincense on every side, He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is 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 her threads about the live-long day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...frankincense on ev'ry side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, 315 And smother'd in't at last, is 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 her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...few his God may have impress'd, A tenfold frenzy seizes all the rest. VOLTAIRE AND THE LACE-WORKER. 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...frankincense on ev'ry side. He begs their flatt'ry with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is 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 her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth. Byron. A CONTRAST. 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,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...the Creation. When you put a clean pillowaue on your lady's pillow, fasten it well with pins. Sicift. 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 livelong day.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And, smother'd in't at last, is praised 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 her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...soul, and an unmistakable certainty of judgment, such as the proudest philosopher never arrived at, 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... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...frankincense on every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon Cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, L Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...every side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And, smother'd in't at last, is praised 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 her threads about the livelong day,... | |
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