 In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, , Than ever fortune would have made them mine, And hold one minute of this holy...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 259edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Henry George Bohn - Fishing - 1856 - 634 pages
...lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Thau ever fortune would have made them mine ; And hold...empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! Welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the wing'd people of... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster: Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...superlatives : Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Thau ever fortune would have made them mine; And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches... | |
 | Clarion tracts - 1858 - 594 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs; be call'd great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ? Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...this empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts! Welcome, ye silent groves! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the wing'd people of the... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be call'd great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the wing'd people of... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1859 - 340 pages
...stones by epitaphs — be call'd " great master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure ! * An angel is a piece of coin, value ten shillings. The words to vie angels, are a periphrasis, and... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 396 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be call'd great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. 4 Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be call'd great Master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent Groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the wing'd people of... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be call'd great Master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent Groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the wing'd people of... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1863 - 372 pages
...To stones by epitaphs; be called '• great master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster? Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minnte of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure ! Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - English poetry - 1864 - 210 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called " great master " In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...minute of this holy leisure, Beyond the riches of this mortal pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome, ye silent groves ; These guests, these courts, my... | |
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