 Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more...  Public Characters - Page 2561805Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects,...illustrious in her view; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view; .iiid, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects,...illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed, to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home ! The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects...illustrious in her view, And occupied as earnestly as she, , Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them noty... | |
 | 1805 - 676 pages
...disciple's fidelity to the models of his masters, »ui>eradded the invention of a genius. The little librnry has all the air of an abbot's study, except that it...world.— Not slothful he, tho' seeming unemploy'd, And censur'd oft as useless. Stillest streams Oft water fairest meadows ; and the bird 1 hat flutters... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects,...illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not; He... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must , Below the skies, but having there his home. , The world o'erlooks him in her busy search. Of objects, more illustrious in her viewi And, occupied as earnestly as.she,. Though more sublimely, he o'erfooks the world.. . i She scorns... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 588 pages
...one, " Content indeed to sojourn, while he must, M Below the skies — but, having there his home. « The World o'erlooks him in her busy search « Of objects...in her view ; « And occupied as earnestly as she, " Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. " She scorns his Pleasures ; for, she knows them not... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - Christianity - 1807 - 586 pages
...one, *' Content indeed to sojourn, while he must, " Below the skies — but, having there his home. « The World o'erlooks him in her busy search " Of objects...illustrious in her view; " And occupied as earnestly as she, «* Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. « She scorns his Pleasures ; for, she knows them... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search Of objects,...illustrious in her view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He... | |
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