meditating " rose Beyond a sunny summer doze ; He never troubled his repose With fruitless prying ; But held, as law for high and low, What God withholds no man can know And smiled away inquiry so, Without replying. We read — alas, how much we read... Old-world Idylls and Other Verses - 14 psl.autoriai: Austin Dobson - 1889 - 252 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| 1870 - 672 psl.
...never troubled his repose With fruitless prying ; But held, as law for high and low, What God conceals no man can know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without replying. We read — alas, how much wo read ! — The jumbled strifes of creed and creed, With endless controversies feed Our groaning... | |
| Henry Austin Dobson - 1873 - 250 psl.
...for high and low, What God conceals no man can know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without replying. x. We read — alas, how much we read ! — The jumbled...Blair, A ' Walton ' — much the worse for wear, And ' yEsop's Fables.' xI. One more,—' The Bible.' Not that he Had searched its page as deep as we ;... | |
| Henry Austin Dobson - 1874 - 236 psl.
...meditating ' rose Beyond a sunny summer doze ; He never troubled his repose With fruitless prying; But held, as law for high and low, What God withholds...know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without replying. x. We read — alas, how much we read ! — The jumbled strifes of creed and creed, With endless controversies... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 psl.
...never troubled his repose With fruitless prying ; But held, as law for high and low, What God conceals no man can know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without...of Blair, A " Walton," — much the worse for wear, — Aud "^Esop's Fables." One more, — the Bible. Not that he Had searched its page as deep as we... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 psl.
...never troubled his repose With fruitless prying ; Jut held, as law for high and low, A'hat God conceals no man can know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without..."/Esop's Fables." One more, — the Bible. Not that he [lad searched its page as deep as we ; No sophistries could make him see Its slender credit ; It may... | |
| Frank E. Bliss - 1884 - 136 psl.
...his "meditating" rose Beyond a sunny summer doze; He never troubled his repose With fruitless prying; But held, as law for high and low, What God withholds...much the worse for wear, And "^Esop's Fables." One more,—"The Bible." Not that he Had searched its page as deep as we; No sophistries could make him... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1885 - 270 psl.
...Patch, And yet no Ranelagh could match The sober doves that round his thatch Spread tails and sidled ; He liked their ruffling, puffed content,— For him...know, And smiled away inquiry so, Without replying. We read—alas, how much we read!— The jumbled strifes of creed and creed With endless controversies... | |
| Edward Bennett - 1887 - 232 psl.
...manner of the eighteenth century. He is sketching a portrait of "a gentleman of the old school." " We read, alas ! how much we read, The jumbled strifes...Grave of Blair, A Walton much the worse for wear, And JEsop's Fables. And the old gentleman was nearer the land of Goshen than many of us think. There is... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1892 - 174 psl.
...meditating " rose Beyond a sunny summer doze ; He never troubled his repose With fruitless prying ; But held, as law for high and low, What God withholds...Blair, A " Walton " — much the worse for wear, And " ^isop's Fables." One more,—" The Bible." Not that he Had searched its page as deep as we ; No sophistries... | |
| 1893 - 322 psl.
...Patch, And yet no Ranelagh could match The sober doves that round his thatch Spread tails and sidled ; He liked their ruffling, puffed content, — For him...Blair, A " Walton " — much the worse for wear, And "JEsop's Fables." One more,—" The Bible." Not that he Had searched its page as deep as we ; No sophistries... | |
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