 | 1864 - 560 pages
...seeds they sowed but yesterday, because they are such an age in sprouting. " Let us be content in work To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 'Twill employ Seven men, they say, to make n perftot pin ; . , / S' v.'u men to a pin, — aml oat... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1868 - 276 pages
...we see. 8. It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill. 9. Let us be content in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 10. One day with life and heart, Is more than time enough to find a world. 11. Needful auxiliars are... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1878 - 268 pages
...we see. 8. It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill. 9. Let us be content in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 10. One day with life and heart, Is more than time enough to find a world. II. Needful auxiliars are... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...serfdom. Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease. . . . Let us be content, in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little."— AURORA LEIGH. "Though we fail indeed, You . . I . . a score of such weak workers, . . H« Fails never.... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...winter, — snarling on For ever, that the world's not paradise, Oh cousin, let us be content, in work. To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 'Twill employ Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin : Who makes the head, content to miss the... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Poetry - 1872 - 348 pages
...on For ever, that the world's not paradise. Oh cousin, let us be content, in work, Aurora Leigh. 19 To do the thing we can,, and not presume To fret because it's little. 'Twill employ Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin; Who makes the head, content to miss the point,... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...— Little children, yc abide ! Mary Howitt. 2157. LITTLE THINGS, Doing. Let ns be content to work, were but more simple, We should 'Twill employ Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin. Who makes the head consents to miss the point... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 pages
...winter, — snarling on For ever, that the world's not paradise, Oh cousin, let us be content, in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 'Twill employ Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin : Who makes the head, content to miss the... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 428 pages
...winter, snarling on For ever, that the world 's not paradise. Oh cousin, let us be content, in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it 's little. 'T will employ Seven men, they say, to make a perfect pin ; Who makes the head, content... | |
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - 1872 - 254 pages
...are very appropriate to this and to my especial works in general : — " Let us be content in work To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it 's little. " I have devoted the best part and the longest period of my life to my three books, —... | |
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Forever that the world's not paradise. 0 cousin, let us be content, in work, To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. 
