 | 1855 - 120 pàgines
...forgot. Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed, But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pàgines
...forgot : Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed : But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. •JUttjanacl (iotion. III!) ®etaufd»t torn niditigen SJetfuA,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pàgines
...forgot : Monarchs, we envy not your state : We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large indeed ; But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pàgines
...humbler lot. Our portion is not largo indeed; But then how little do wo need! For nature's calls are Tew: In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence had... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1859 - 358 pàgines
...replied I, unable to help laughing; and we nodded and smiled at one another to the last. CHAPTER XIII. Our portion is not large, indeed, But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. COTTON. JACINTHA, bright with smiles, was already at home to receive... | |
 | Willem Bilderdijk - 1859 - 478 pàgines
...de verre landen, Neem' hier, ja neem uit deze handen De weldaan van een zuster aan! 1822. GENOEG. * In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that linie do. COTTON. Vergaap u niet aan 's warelds schijn. Te vreen zoo God het... | |
 | Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - 370 pàgines
...it, If not, submit, and never mind it. Your portion is not large indeed, But then how little do you need, For Nature's calls are few ; In this the art of living lies — To want no more than will suffice, And make that little do. To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favors are denied,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 552 pàgines
...forgot : Monarchs, we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. "We '11 therefore relish with content, Whatc'er kind Providence has... | |
 | Richard Ray (of Milton.) - 1861 - 190 pàgines
...year 1788, he first saw the light, and breathed the vital air. CHAPTER III. & untor ity pwntal " OIK portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do." COTTON. AT the period of young Green's birth, the fabrics peculiar... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pàgines
...forgot : Monarchs, we euvy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We 'l1 therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind Providence has... | |
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Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. 
