Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Poems - Seite 77von William Cowper - 1798Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1881 - 680 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise, but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charier reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy... | |
| William Cowper - 1881 - 562 Seiten
...be such (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible trua— A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure hi the skies. Oh, happy peasant ! Oh, unhappy bard I His the... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 Seiten
...Receives no praise; but though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent,) she renders much ; l Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman 2 never knew; And iu that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.... | |
| James Moir - 1882 - 234 Seiten
...wit ; Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigent). she renders much; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A truth...Frenchman never knew; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
| Gleanings - 1882 - 438 Seiten
...; Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew — And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
| Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise, but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth...Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant! 0 unhappy bard I His the mere... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 Seiten
...wit; Receives no praise; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant: I) unhappy bard: His the mere... | |
| James Jackson Wray - 1883 - 392 Seiten
...pocket light. She — for her humble sphere by nature fit — Has little understanding, and no wit ; Yet knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
| William Cowper - 1883 - 274 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
| A Cunningham Geikie - 1883 - 214 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise, but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth...Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies." Many, now-a-days especially, see little to admire... | |
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