 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
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...wished all, but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be rather. Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of that empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...wished all, but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be rather. Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of that empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts... | |
 | Alexander Moody Stuart, Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon - 1865 - 416 pages
...than any one that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would those gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them...one minute of this HOLY LEISURE Beyond the riches of that empty pleasure ; . And if contentment be a stranger then, I'll ne'er look for it but in heaven... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon, Alexander Moody Stuart - 1865 - 470 pages
...now adopt me for its heir, Would beauty's queen entitle me the fair ; Could I be, more than any one that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would those gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1867 - 490 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, wise, all in superlatives : Vet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1869 - 116 pages
...tongue To stones, by epitaphs, be call'd great master In the loose rhimes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise in all superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 322 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,...empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon - 1872 - 440 pages
...now adopt me for its heir; "Would beauty's queen entitle me the fair ; Could I be, more than any one that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would those gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made them mine, And hold one minute of this HOLY LEISURE... | |
 | sir Walter Ralegh - 1875 - 316 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could 1 be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold /me minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts !... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1875 - 716 pages
...c.ill'd " great master" In the loose rhymes of every poetaster? Could I be more thnn any man that live*, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives; Yet...would have made them mine; And hold one minute of ihis holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome, ye silent... | |
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