 Which others often show for pride, / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ;...  The Ashlar - Стр. 137редактор(ы): - 1860Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1881 - Страниц: 410
...tricks I will not learn Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! /ESTIVATION. AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATH LATIN... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - Страниц: 1078
...tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double...shall not miss them much,— Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! Come, clear old comrade, you and I Will steal an hour... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - Страниц: 1000
...the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl f ine live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch If Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - Страниц: 1002
...the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables servo my turn, But all must be of buhl f is faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was...life resign, Tbosc sweet rewards which decorate the THE VOICELESS. Wo count the broken lyres that rest Whore the sweet wailing singers slumber, But o'er... | |
 | 1882 - Страниц: 578
...will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn. But aH must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share,...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! OW HOLMES. THE FIGHT OVER THE BODY OF KEITT. A fragment... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - Страниц: 640
...tricks I will not learn. Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; , Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double...more generous gifts deny, - . I shall not miss them muck — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! MY LAST WALK WITH THE... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - Страниц: 350
...must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thus bumble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch,...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (4 Parenthesis.)... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - Страниц: 436
...the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl J Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but...live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If lleaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not miss them muckt — Too grateful for the blessing lent... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - Страниц: 548
...Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of Buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double care — I ask but one recumbent chair Thus humble let me live...Nor long for Midas' golden touch ; If Heaven more gen'rous gifts deny, I shall not miss them much — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - Страниц: 630
...ape the glittering upstart fool ; Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of Irahl ? Give grasping pomp its double share — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thus humble Tet me Eve and die. Nor long for Midas' golden touch. If Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not... | |
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