 | William Cowper - 1782 - 384 Seiten
...treach'rous fhore. • * ' . s. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly between ' 4The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch...poor, '" Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his ftate. 3The talleft pines. feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blafts, the loftieft tow'r... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 Seiten
...pow'r ; Not always tempt the diftant deep, Nor always timoroufly creep Along the treach'rous fhore. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his ftate. 3The talleft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blaft, the loftieft tow'r... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 Seiten
...po-.v'r ; Not always tempt the diftant d^ep, Nor always timoroufly creep, Along the treach'rous there.• He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Irabitt'ring all his flate. HI, The talleft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blafts, the loftieft... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 380 Seiten
...Not always tempt the diftant deep, Nor always timoroufly creep, Along the treach'rous fhore. He II. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his ftate. III. The talleft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blafts, the loftieft... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 312 Seiten
...; Not always tempt the diftant deep,. Nor always timoroufly creep, Along the treach'rous fhore. II. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's doorj Imbitt'ring all his ftate. III. The talleft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blafts, the loftieft... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 Seiten
...diftant deep, Nor always timoroufly creep Along the treach'rous more. HORACE. BOOK II. OfcE X. II. He, that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his ftate. III. The talleft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blafts ; the loftieft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 Seiten
...fortune's pow'r: Not always tempt the diiUnt deep, Nor always limoroufly creep Along the treach'rous Ihore. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels rot the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 Seiten
...Chafiis'd by fable tints of woe ; And blended form, with artful ftrife, The ftrength and harmony of life. He that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his ftate. The taileft pines feel moft the pow'r Of wintry blaft ; the loftieft tow'r... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 372 Seiten
...pow'r ; Not always tempt the difiant deep, Nor always timoroufly creep Along the treach'rous fhore. II. He, that holds faft the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, v Feels not the wants that pinch the poor. Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Jmbitt'ring... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 Seiten
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. n. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. III. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest... | |
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He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. 
