 | Izaak Walton - 1869 - 116 pages
...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...made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy leasure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcom pure thoughts, welcome ye silent groves, These... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. * * * « Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome, ye silent groves...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring: A prayer-book now shall... | |
 | 1869 - 634 pages
...begetting habits of patience and peace." Well might Wotton repeat his own verses here by the river side : Welcome pure thoughts, welcome ye silent groves, These guests, these courts my soul most dearly lor«. Now the wing'd people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring. Years... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - 322 pages
...master 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...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring ; A Prayer-book now... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon - 1872 - 440 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 ifcontentment be a stranger then, Til ne'er look for it but in heaven again."... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 pages
...honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. * » * • Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome, ye silent groves...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring: A prayer-book now shall... | |
 | Christian life - 1874 - 446 pages
...own : Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. Welcome, pure thoughts; welcome, ye silent groves;...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring : A prayer-book now... | |
 | 1874 - 598 pages
...Farewell to the World's Vanities," and exclaimed, as many a weary soul has since exclaimed— " Welcon»e, pure thoughts; welcome, ye silent groves ; These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Here dwell no hateful looks, no palace-cares, Nor broken vows dwell here, nor pale-fac'd fears." Boughton... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 722 pages
..."*asj*r * 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...pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts; welcome, ye silent proves; These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the wing'd people of the sky shall... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 716 pages
...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 I more freely...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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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... 
