 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 - Page 53by Oliver Goldsmith - 1843 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1741 - 832 pages
...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 - English literature - 1769 - 196 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1770 - 334 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1770 - 268 pages
...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 - Ballads, English - 1774 - 328 pages
...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 - Biography - 1787 - 726 pages
...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... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...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;... | |
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