 Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.  Poems - Page 70by William Cowper - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent,) she renders much ;3 Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman4 never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1846 - 520 pages
...understanding, and no wit ; Receives no praise — but, though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant ! oh, unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | 1846 - 634 pages
...Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not eay— * * * * * » Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true A truth...Frenchman * never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. О happy peasant ! О unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | William Lee - 1846 - 106 pages
...and pocket light. She for her humble sphere by nature fit, //<ts little understanding, and no wit ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that Record reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant ! oh, unhappy... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...this maxim, " Know thyself." All men must suffer the common lot, " Dust to dust, ashes to ashes." She knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. — Cowper. He resolved never to waste a moment of time — a resolution which he never forgot. Some... | |
 | David Stow - 1846 - 562 pages
...at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible's true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman * never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes. Her title to a treasure in the skies." * Voltaire. 71. llcmemhor that mere Christian... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 pages
...this maxim, " Know thyself." All men must suffer the common lot, " Dust to dust, ashes to ashes." Sho knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never kuew. — Cowper. He resolved never to waste a moment of time — a resolution which he never forgot.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigentl, she renders much; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible...Frenchman never knew; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 pages
...understanding, and no wit ; Keceives no praise ; but though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pages
...understanding and no wit, Receives no praise, but though her lot be'such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible...Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. The witness of the Spirit of God is then the... | |
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