 Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise, but (though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent) she renders...  Lectures on the English Poets - Page 185by William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Peck Eckman - 1915 - 220 pages
...little store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that treasure reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a mansion in the skies. O happy peasant! O unhappy... | |
 | Frank Boreham - 1918 - 280 pages
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit. Receives no praise,...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. The notable thing about this good lady, be it observed, is her mediocrity. She is neither ignorant... | |
 | JOHN BARTLETT - 1919 - 1476 pages
...much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home ! Line 4is. .lust knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. Truth. Line 327. The sounding jargon of the sehooL.1 Lint aer. When one that holds communion with the... | |
 | Arthur Samuel Peake - 1922 - 306 pages
...insist on this because it is constantly overlooked. Cowper's famous couplet on the poor cottager who " Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew," illustrates what I mean. Her conviction Revelation in Experience 235 that the Bible was true rested... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1928 - 386 pages
...at night, Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no...treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard 1 His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward j He prais'd, perhaps, for ages yet to come, She never... | |
 | 1900 - 1004 pages
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit ; Receives no...Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knar ; And in that charier reads with^ sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy... | |
 | 1900 - 282 pages
...into the Bright family, and he never was a Catholic. SB Who wrote these lines? " Just knew, and knew no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter read with wondering eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. Happiest he of human race To whom our... | |
 | 1908 - 432 pages
...and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit ; Receives no...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. 0 happy peasant ! 0 unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps,... | |
 | H. N. Fairchild - 2010 - 428 pages
...most famous passage in the volume — the contrast between Voltaire and the poor Olney lacemaker who Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true —...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant! Oh, unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward; He prais'd, perhaps,... | |
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