 There's not a wretch that lives on common charity But's happier than me: for I have known The luscious sweets of plenty; every night Have slept with soft content about my head, And never waked but to a joyful morning; Yet now must fall like a full ear...  A popular and complete English dictionary - Page 22edited by - 1848 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...happiness : Jaffier. There's not a wretch that lives on common charily, But's happier than me. For I have known The luscious sweets of plenty : every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning. Yet now must fall like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd, yet's... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...adieu forever. There's not a wretch that lives on common charity But's happier than I : for I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ; every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning ; Yet now must fall ; like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd,... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1818 - 396 pages
...luscious sweets of plenty ! Ev'ry night Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning. Yet now must fall like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom scnp'd, yet's wither'd in the rip'mxg" seemed to value themselves only in proportion to the rank of... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...adieu forever. There's not a wretch that lives on common charity. But's happier than I ; for 1 have known The luscious sweets of plenty ; every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning ; Yet now must fall ; like a full ear of corn, Whose bliiggom 'scap'd... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...sweets of plenty ; every night -Y Have slept with soft content about my bead, And never wak'd but to u joyful morning ; .;'', Yet now must fall ; like a full ear of corn, ' •. . ,' '. '. Whose blossom 'scap'd, yet' a wither'd in the ripening.Pri, Home, and be humble ; study to retrench ; Discharge the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...adieu forever. There's not a wretch, that lives on common charity, But's happier than I: for I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ; every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning1 ; Yet now must fall ; like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd,... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...adieu for ever. There's not a wretch, that lives on common charity, Rut's happier than me : for I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ; every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning; Yet now must fall, like a lull ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd, yet'g... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 660 pages
...adieu for ever. There's not a wretch, that liven on common charity, Hut's happier than me: for I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ; every night...Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd, but to a joyful morning; Yet now must fall, like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd,... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1825 - 248 pages
...Jaffier — " There's not a wretch that lives on common charity, Put 's happier than me. For I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ! Every night...like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom' scaped, yet's wither'd in the ripening." parent who has the least degree of principle, will naturally endeavour to... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1825 - 252 pages
...Jaffier — " There's not a wretch that lives on camnwn, cJmrityt But 's happier than me. For I have known The luscious sweets of plenty ! Every night...fall like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom' scaped, tjet's vrither'd in tlie ripening.'' parent who has the least degree of principle, will naturally endeavour... | |
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