 You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all.  Poems - Page 240by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 770 pages
...Paul's. Go down to the library, and read Cowper's 'Jackdaw.' He then repeated some of the lines : " ' You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. " ' He sees that thia great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 764 pages
...and read Cowper's 'Jackdaw.' He then repeated some of the lines : " ' You think, no doubt, he aits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. " ' He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...rareeahow, That occupy mankind below, Secure and at his ease. Yon think, no doubt, he aits and muse* On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 762 pages
...of the lines : " ' You think, no douht, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If be should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. " ' He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic,... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...begin to swim ; 'Tis in tho clouds ! that pleases him, He chooses it the rather. You think, perhaps, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall ; But not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees that... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...swim ; Tis in the clouds 1 that pleases him, He chooses it the rather. You think, perhaps, he sils and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall ; But not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees that... | |
 | Child - 1871 - 328 pages
...begin to swim ; Tis in the clouds ! that pleases him ; He chooses it the rather. You think, perhaps, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall ; But not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pa,te, Or troubles it at all. Thrice happy... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - 1872 - 218 pages
...thence securely sees The bustle and the raree-show That occupy mankind below, Secure and at his ease. " You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. " He sees that this great roundabout— The world— with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1872 - 766 pages
...library, and read Cowper's ' Jackdaw.' He then repeated some of the lines : " ' You think, no doubt, ho sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises,...Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all. " ' He sees that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic,... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. know for truth Their pangs must be extreme : Woe,...woe, unutterable woe I Who spill life's sacred stream Êî : not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it »t all. He sees... | |
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