 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 - Sivu 43tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1818 - 420 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1850 - 466 sivua
...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. " O happy peasant, O unhappy bard — His tiie mere tinsel, her's the rich reward. He praised perhaps...vain heart prefers. She safe in the simplicity of hers." 19. It should he remarked, that, though in illustrating this branch of the experimental evidence,... | |
 | W. J. Humberstone - 1875 - 234 sivua
...though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigent) , she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy pe asant ! 0 unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1876 - 474 sivua
...but, though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — „ £ A truth the brilliant Frenchman...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; i He prais'd, perhaps,... | |
 | John Thomson (Minister of Free St. George's, Paisley.) - 1876 - 250 sivua
...but (though her lot be such Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, — A truth the brilliant Frenchman...charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title to a mansion in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 sivua
...— Toilsome and indigent — she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — Л more By reason of his fallen divinity Spreading a...reeds Pressed her cold finger closer to her lips. A О happy peasant ! О unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps,... | |
 | George Henry Whittemore - 1876 - 346 sivua
...Just earns a scanty pittance, Receives no praise ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies.' " These lines are upon the nth page of Cowper's Truth. The pains which Dr. Hackett took to copy them... | |
 | 1877 - 660 sivua
...humble cottager who knew her Bible true." Oh, happy peasant! oh, unhappy Bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps for ages yet...vain heart prefers, She, safe in the simplicity of hers." THE PURE IN HEART. " THE pure in heart shall see God," has a future reference to the good time... | |
 | Teesdale - 1877 - 256 sivua
...hearers like the following : — " Toilsome and indigent Just knows and knows no more, her bible true. And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies." Let us pause : — there is no such thing as rest, if there be, surely we may take it in this quiet... | |
 | sir John Robert L. Emilius Laurie (3rd bart.) - 1878 - 424 sivua
...but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ' He praised perhaps for... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1878 - 292 sivua
...but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O HAPPY PEASANT ! 0 unhappy bard I His the mere tinsel, HERS THE RICH REWARD ; He praised perhaps for... | |
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