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" I'll be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir, Would beauty's queen entitle me " the fair," Fame speak me fortune's minion, could I vie Angels... "
The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 259
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The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1869 - 116 pages
...envi'd more I have wish'd all, but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair, poor I'l be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir, Would beauties queen entitle me the fair, Fame speak me fortunes minion, could I vie Angels w th India, w*...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1869 - 634 pages
...Complete Angler, London, 183G, edited by Professor Rennie : — " I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be rather," which I extract from 'A farewell to the vanities of the world, and some say written by Sir Harry Wotton,...
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The Courtly Poets from Raleigh to Montrose

Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 322 pages
...poor ; Great, feared ; fair, tempted ; high, still envied more : I have wished all, but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair ; poor...Fortune's minion ; could I vie Angels with India ; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bowed knees, strike Justice dumb, As well as blind and lame ; or give...
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The poems of sir Walter Raleigh collected and authenticated with ..., Issue 830

sir Walter Ralegh - 1875 - 316 pages
...poor ; . Great, feared ; fair, tempted ; high, still envied more : I have wished all, but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair ; poor...Fortune's minion ; could I vie Angels with India ; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bowed knees, strike Justice dumb, As well as blind and lame ; or give...
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The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1875 - 716 pages
...if poor; Great, fear'd ; fair, tempted ; high, still envy'd more* I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair : poor...fortune's minion ; could I "vie Angels with India ; J with a speaking eye * These verses are also said to have been written by Sir Walter Raleigh, when...
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The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1875 - 722 pages
...if poor; Great, fear'd ; fair, tempted ; high, still enyy'd more. I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair : poor...fair ; Fame speak me fortune's minion ; could I "vie me speak gels'' wit Angels ' with India ; I with a speaking eye • These verses are also said to have...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. WORDSWORTH : The World is Too Much With Us., Would the world now adopt me for her heir; Would beauty's...Fortune's minion ; could I vie Angels with India; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bow'd knees, strike justice dumb, As well as blind and lame, or give...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. WORDSWORTH : The World is Too Much With Us.. Would the world now adopt me for her heir; Would beauty's...Fortune's minion ; could I vie Angels with India; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bow'd knees, strike justice dumb, As well as blind and lame, or give...
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The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. New illustr. ed., with ...

Izaak Walton - 1878 - 494 pages
...: I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I '11 be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir...speak me Fortune's minion — could I vie Angels with India0 — with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bowM knees, strike justice dumb, As well as blind...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 1

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...wish'd all, but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I 'll be rather. -* 3 Would the world now adopt me for her heir, Would beauty's...fair,' Fame speak me Fortune's minion, could I vie Angels1 with India; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bow'd knees, strike Justice dumb As well...
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