 MELANCHOLY bird, a winter's day Thou standest by the margin of the pool, And, taught by God, dost thy whole being school To patience, which all evil can allay. God has appointed thee the fish thy prey, And given thyself a lesson to the fool Unthrifty,...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pàgina 3351817Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 882 pàgines
...thee the fish thy prey ; And giv'n thyself a lesson to the fool Unthrifty, to submit to moral rale, And his unthinking course by thee to weigh. There...rivers fair : Nature is always wise in every part. This brings us to another reference to Lamb's album by a contemporary. De Quincey, in his ' London... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1896 - 502 pàgines
...winter's day, Thou standest by the margin of the pool, And, taught by God, dost thy whole being school To Patience, which all evil can allay. God has appointed...rivers fair: Nature is always wise in every part. EDWARD, LORD THURLOW. CCXXXIH SNOWDROPS O DARLING spirits of the snow, Who hide within your heart the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pàgines
...being school To patience, which all evil can allay. God has appointed thee the fish thy prey, And given LS. FROM " PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY." SHAME upon thee,...creation's lord, the fierce ensanguined despot : What, man wis in every part. EDWARD HOVEL, LORD THURLOW. THE SANDPIPER. ACROSS the narrow beach we flit, One... | |
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