 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pàgines
...with all his lands That wears a narrow soul. . „ " ' 'i Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : , . The mind 's the standard of the man ! •* -WATTS. 32 The Old Man's Comforts. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 pàgines
...dimensions, and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. The Ant, or Emmet. THESE Emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a troop of... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 584 pàgines
...in good humour, he repeated a stanza from his Lyric Poems, which produced a silent tdmira.tion : " Were I so tall to reach the pole, . " Or mete the...measured by my soul : " The mind's the standard of the mm." HOBS LYRICS, Falte Grtatneu. ' BURY-STREtT, ST. MARY AXE. Independent. there was a certain dignity... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pàgines
...but a wretch with all his lands That wears a narrow soul. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man ! WATTS. Homer. „ . BE Homer's works your study and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night... | |
 | 1831 - 492 pàgines
...opinion, so well expressed by Dr. Watts. " Were I as tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I must be measured by my soul ; The mind's the standard of the man!" For this reason we were rather pleased, than otherwise, to find so many of the lower orders availing... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pàgines
...but a wretch with all his lands That bears a narrow soul. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man ! WATTS. S2 The Old Man's Corrfort*. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. " You are old,... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pàgines
...Hottentot, a Laplander, or a Patagonia«, If I could stretch from pole to pole, And grasp the ocean in a span, I must be measured by my soul ;— The mind's the standard of the man.' " There is, no doubt, a considerable difference between a Hottentot's nose, and my own, which, as you... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pàgines
...oft, and never heard in vain. THE TRUE MEASURE OF MAN. Were I so tall to reach the pole, And grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul; The mind's the standard of the man. PUBLIUS SCIPIO. Publius Scipio, the illustrious Roman general, who delivered Italy from its dreadful... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pàgines
...dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind's the standard of the man. TO SARISSA. AN EPISTLE. BEAR up, Sarissa, through the ruffling storms Of a vain vexing world: tread... | |
 | 1824 - 56 pàgines
...verse from one of his lyric poems, which produced a silent admiration of his modesty and talents. " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or mete the ocean with a span, I must be measured by my soul ; The mind's the standard of the man." Dr. Goldsmith.— The... | |
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Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind's the standard of the man. 
