 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...a man a stranger and a pilgrim upon earth : and then reason, as well as faith, says to him, " Turn, pilgrim, turn ; thy cares forego ; " All earth-born...wrong : " Man wants but little here below ; " Nor wants that little long." — But as to spiritual good, they may well say, The lines are fallen unto... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...side, A guiltless feast I briug ; A scrip, with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spriug yon. My prayers ! no, I must never pray again. Prayer» have their blessings, wants that little long." '* V>u%,4 ENGLISH LITERATURE. 143 Soft as the dew from heaven descends, Hie... | |
 | Horace - 1830 - 1104 pages
...solicitous about the wants of a life that asks but few things for its support." Compare Goldsmith. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born...cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.'* 5. Fttfit retro. Equivalent to recedit. The term retro contains a beautiful... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...The Fryar of Orders Gray, in Reliq. of Ancient Poetry, Vol. I. p. S43. — ** Then, pilgrim, tarn, thy cares forego; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n descends, His gentle accents fell ; The modest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...first visit, the longing bridegroom lifts the veil to sec a face he had never * Our author has repealed eighbours, carra forego; AU «mh-born cares are Man w suua \>\A \\VV\e \№Т Nor seen before ; but instead of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 334 pages
...side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, pilgrim, turn ; thy cares forego ; All earth-born...cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long." * Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1835 - 270 pages
...side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born...cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1836 - 150 pages
...side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born...cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied, And water from the spring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born...cares are wrong, Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. « Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born...cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.» Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell: The modest... | |
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Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego, All earth-born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. 
