 Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown : Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy,...  The Living Age - Page 5491897Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights in quiet slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry...frown. Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such The homely house, that harbours quiet rest, The cottage that affords no pride nor care, The mean, that... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 482 pages
...SONG. [From his " Farewell to Folly," 1617.] SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. The homely house that harbours quiet rest, The cottage that affords no pride... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pages
...SONG. [From his " Farewell to Folly," 1617.] QWEET are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...frown. Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such The homely house that harbours quiet rest, The cottage that affords no pride nor care, The mean, that... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 470 pages
...SONG. [From his " Farewell to Folly," 1617.^ OWEET are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...frown. Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such The homely house that harbours quiet rest, The cottage that affords no pride nor care, The mean, that... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...without smoothness and elegance. •a* " Sweet arc the thoughts that savour of content ; Tlie quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...such minds, such sleep, such bliss Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. " The homely house that harbours quiet rest, The cottage that alTorda no... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 356 pages
...still infuriated combatants. CHAPTER VIII. " Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss." ROBERT GREEN. " THIS little bit of a scrape will be of great use to you,''... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 1146 pages
...clamour of the still infuriated combatants. " Sweet are the thoughts that faronr of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown : Sweet are the nights...frown. Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bli». Beeirars enjoy when princes oft do miss." ROBLRV Gum. " THIS little bit of a scrape wfll be... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...what Nature's cunning could afford. SONG. SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights...such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. * This is an alteration and abridgement of a copy of verses in the Morando... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 338 pages
...what Nature's cunning could afford. SONG. SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights...such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. * This is an alteration and abridgement of a copy of verses in the Morando:... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...what Nature's cunning could afford. SONG. SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights...spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown : Suchsweetcontent, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss. *... | |
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