 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1873 - 72 pàgines
......the seat of life Hugh . hue ....a man's name vew .... ....a tree CONTENTMENT— Continued. There is a charm, by sages often told, Con-vert-ing all it touches...into gold : Con-tent can soothe, where'er by for-tune plac-ed ; Can rear a garden in a des-ert waste. — Kirkc White. As I have many blessings I will thankfully... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pàgines
...f1; me: For me yon waving fields their trarthen bear, For me yon labourer guides the shining shire, KM). Ashestiel, Ettrick Forest. NOVEMBER'S sky is...leaf is red and sear ; Late, gazing down the steepy plicfi Can rear a garden in the desert wiste, How lovely, from this hill's superior heirht. Spreads... | |
 | 1880 - 68 pàgines
...bounding prospects all were made for me : For me yon waving fields their burden bear, For me yon labourer guides the shining share, While happy I in idle ease...into gold ! Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in the desert waste. How lovely, from this hill's superior height, Spreads... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 pàgines
...bounding prospects all were made for me : For me yon waving fields their burden bear, For me yon labourer guides the shining share, While happy I in idle ease...into gold. Content can soothe where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in the desert waste. How lovely, from this hill's superior height, Spreads... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1881 - 520 pàgines
...visionary When the hoarse tempest shoe And fancy-led, beheld the All Sternly careering on the eddy This is the charm, by sages often told, Converting...into gold. Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in the desert waste. How lovely, from this hill's superior height, Spreads... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pàgines
...heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam la ever sweet contentment's blest abode. Pareioal. This is the charm, by sages often told, Converting...into gold : Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in a desert waste. lKrke Whilr. He, fairly looking into life's account, Saw... | |
 | - 1881 - 854 pàgines
...happiness in this life ; for, in the language of Kirke White :— " This i» the charm by »age» of Un told, Converting all it touches into gold, Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed ; Can rear a garden in a desert waste." The benefits arising from contentment are numerous.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pàgines
...the grass Did look up in my face, and smile to see me pass. 797 ' BH Stoddard: Hymn to the Beautiful. This is the charm, by sages often told, Converting...into gold : Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in the desert waste. 798 Henry Kirke White: Clifton Grove. Line 139. Come,... | |
 | David Harris (F.S.S.) - 1885 - 142 pàgines
...;" "My soul doth hope in Thee ; " " In Thy favour is life ; " " Christ in me the hope of glory." " This is the charm, by sages often told, Converting all it touches into gold ; Content can soothe, where er by fortune placed, And rear a garden in a desert waste." The content of knowing that " all... | |
 | 1891 - 556 pàgines
...; and when there is no more to be desired tnere is an end of it. Cervantes. SOOTHINO INFLUENCE OP. This is the charm, by sages often told, Converting...into gold ; Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed, Can rear a garden in a desert waste. Kirke White. CONTENTION. AVOIDING OF. When two discourse,... | |
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Though were his sight convey'd from zone to zone, He would not find one spot of ground his own, Yet, as he looks around, he cries with glee, These bounding prospects all were made for me : For me yon waving fields their... 
