 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 - 1887 - Страниц: 596
...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not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content I /ESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - Страниц: 410
...tables serve my turn, To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Thus humble let me live and die, "Will... | |
 | 1888 - Страниц: 344
...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 ! From The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. CONTENTMENT.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - Страниц: 438
...the glittering upstart fool j — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl 1 Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (A Parenthesis.)... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - Страниц: 362
...tricks 1 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 share, — I ask but ¡me recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch ; If Heaven... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 328
...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! AESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE. LATIN... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 362
...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 ! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (jl Parenthesis.}... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 330
...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! AESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 330
...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 ! AESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 350
...not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But atf 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! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (A Parenthesis.)... | |
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