 FAREWELL, thou busy world ! and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out-wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears.  The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation: Being a Discourse on ... - Page 255by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 512 pages
...the devil, Libera nos, &c. CHARLES COTTON, THE RETIREMENT. Stanzas irrcguliers. TO MR. ISAAC WALTON. FAREWELL thou busy world, and may We never meet again...conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice do reigh. ii. Good God ! how sweet are all things here ! How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the fatigues of his public employments, became the solace of his declining age. Farewell, thou f/uxy World ; and may We never meet again !— Here I can...Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon the most couspicuous theatres, Where nought but vict and vanity appear*' 56 DEAN SM'IJFT. Dear SOLITUDE! the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...Education are most valuable. *28. 1630. — CHARLES COTTON BORN. The RETIREMENT. Farewell, ttiou bnsie world, and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And doe more good in one short day, Than he who bis whole age out-wears £ Upon thy most conspicuous theatres,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 512 pages
...whole works could supply. THE RETIREMENT IRREGULAR STANZAS ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON I -T AREWELL thou busy world ! and may We never meet again : Here...good in one short day. Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres. Where nought but vanity and vice appears. II Good God... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1824 - 516 pages
...1676. THE RETIREMENT. IRREGULAR STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. I. FAREWELL thou busy world I and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and...good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. n. Good God... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 518 pages
...works could supply. THE RETIREMENT. IRREGULAR STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. I. .FAREWELL thuu busy world ! and may We never meet again: Here I can eat, and sleep, and praj, And do more good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 336 pages
...the verses mentioned on page Ixxviii.] THE RETIREMENT. STANZES IRREGULIERS, TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. i. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again...theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. ll. Good God ! how sweet are all things here ! How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly do we... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...the verses mentioned on page Ixxviii.] THE RETIREMENT. STANZES IRREGULIERS, TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. i. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again;...Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good iu one short day Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1836 - 358 pages
...can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day Than he who his whole age out-weara Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. Good God ! how sweet are all things here l How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly do we feed... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...humble worshipper at the altar of truth would pronounce that being, Man—that endowment, Human Reason. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again...short day Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon thy most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. Good God ! how sweet are all... | |
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