 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For is it thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone To read,...or sleep at one's own ease; And, pleasing a man's selÇ none other to displease. 0 my beloved nymph, fair Dove, Princess of rivers, how I love Upon thy... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is tliou alone that keep'st the soul awake. . See truth, love, and mercy in triumph descending,...nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the nono ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...my angle, upon them The all of treachery By none offended, and offending none ! To walk,ride,sit,or sleep at one's own ease, And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. Oh, my beloved nymph, fair Dove, How cleanly do we feed and He 1 Lord, what good haul's do we keep... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...converse at will And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. tler manners reign, I turn, and France displays her...Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social eaw. Pleased e:ise ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. 0 my beloved nymph, fair Dove, Princess... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thoti alone that keep'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone To read, and meditate, and write, 0 my beloved nymph, fair Dove, Princess of rivers, how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie, • And... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 pages
...CHARLES COTTON. 1630 — 1687. [The friend of Isaac Walton, and Translator of Montaigne's Essays.] How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. Poems, 1689. The Retirement. 7'o Mr. Isaac Walton. Who from the busy World retires, To be more useful... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - Books and reading - 1884 - 526 pages
...CHARLES COTTON. 1630 — 1687. [The friend of 'Isaac Walton, and Translator of Montaigne's Essays.] How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. Poems, 1689. The Retirement. To Mr. Isaac Walton. I 92 BISHOP HURT. Who from the busy World retires,... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 200 pages
...mountains ! Oh, ye groves and crystal fountains ! How I love at liberty, By turns to come and visit ye. How calm and quiet a delight Is it alone, To read, and meditate,2 and write, By none offended, and ofIending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep, at one's... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1889 - 290 pages
...With thee I here converse at will, And would be glad to do so still; For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. V. How calm and quiet a delight Is...pleasing a man's self, none other to displease ! VI. O my beloved Nymph ! fair Dove ! Princess of Rivers ! how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie, And... | |
 | American poetry - 1889 - 532 pages
...refuse; And last, when all the power of ill is spent, The power to seek Thy face and to repent. 159. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. 1 60. My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss... | |
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How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read and meditate and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. 
