 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...skies. Oh, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home : He, lost in errors, his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of her's. Not many wise, rich,... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - 1835 - 908 pages
...: " O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel — her's the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps, for ages yet to come, She never heard of, half a mile from home ; He, lost in errors, his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers." Busily engaged, as was... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 396 pages
...the skies. O happy peasant, ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. Not many wise, rich, noble,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 574 pages
...ikies. " O happy peasant, O unhappy bard — His the mere tinsel, her's the rich rewarJ. He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers. She safe in the simplicity of hers." 19. It should be remarked,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...Her title to a treasure in the skies. 0 happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet...come, She never heard of half a mile from home : He lost in errours his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. Not many wise, rich, noble,... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1837 - 624 pages
...skies : Oh, happy peasant! oh, unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward : He praised, perhaps, for ages yet to come ; She never heard of half a mile from home : He, lost in errors, his vain heart prefers; She, safe in the simplicity of hers." In a letter of the Rev.... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...the skies. 0 happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of here. COWPKR. THE DYING GLADIATOR.... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her'sthe rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home : He, lost in errors, his vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers. A FIELD FLOWER. ON FINDING... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. Not many wise, rich, noble,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...title to a treasure in the skies. 330 O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from homo : He, lost in errours, his vain heart prefers, 335 She, safe' in the simplicity of hers. Not many... | |
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He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. 
