 Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in a wilderness obscure The lonely mansion lay ; A refuge to the neighbouring poor And strangers led astray.  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Pàgina 44per Oliver Goldsmith - 1904 - 254 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1741 - 832 pàgines
...Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego j " For earth-born cares are wrong : 1 " Man wants but little here below, " Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell ; The grateful ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Tar... | |
 | Samuel Derrick - 1769 - 196 pàgines
...guiltlefs feaft I bring ; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply'd, " And water from the fpring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; " All earth-born...wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in... | |
 | Moses Mendez - 1770 - 334 pàgines
...herbs and fruits fupply'd, * And water from the fpring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego j • All earth-born cares are wrong : * Man wants but little...wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in... | |
 | 1770 - 268 pàgines
...with herbs and fruits fupply'd, And water from the fpring. Then trav'ller turn, thy cares forego, For earth-born cares are wrong ; •" Man wants but little here below, " Nor wants that little long." Soft Soft as the dew from 'heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell, The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And... | |
 | John Aikin - 1774 - 328 pàgines
...with herbs and fruits fupply'd, Ar.d water from the fpring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; For earth-born cares are wrong: Man wants but little here...wants that little long. Soft as the dew from heav'n dcfcends, His gentle accents fell: The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in... | |
 | John Wesley - 1787 - 726 pàgines
...fide A guiltlefs feaft I bring ; A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupplied, And water from the fpring. Then, pilgrim turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born...cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants tiiat little long. Soft as the dew from heaven defceiuls His gentle accents fell ; The modeft... | |
 | 1780 - 226 pàgines
...A guiltlefs feaft I bring; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply'd, " And water from the fpring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; " All earth-born...wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell: The modeft ftranger lowly bentis, And follows to the cell. Far in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 106 pàgines
...Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ¡ ' All earth-born cares are wrong i ' Man wants but little here below, ' Nor wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell. The modelt ftranger lowly bends, And foftows to the ceft. Far in... | |
 | 1781 - 512 pàgines
...guiltlefs feaft I bring ; * A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply'd, ' And water from the fpring. * Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; ' All earth-born...Nor wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heaven defcendt* His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell;... | |
 | 1781 - 516 pàgines
...herbs and fruits fupply'd, 'And water from the fpring; * Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego j ' All earth-born cares are wrong : " Man wants but little...Nor wants that little long.* Soft as the dew from heaven defcehds, His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bendsk And follows to the cell.... | |
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