 | Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 էջ
...covet only Reft, A Cottage will fiiffice : It. Is not brave to be pofTefi Of Earth•, .but to defpife. Opinion is the rate of Things, From hence our Peace doth flow •, l..have a better Fate. th.an Kings, Becaufe I t!irnk..it;jjj>;." How unconcern 'd am I ? t cannot... | |
 | George Colman - 1755 - 336 էջ
...do covet only reft, A cottage will fuffice : It is not brave to be pofleft Of earth, but to defpife. Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace doth flow ; I have a better fate than kings, Becaufe I think it fo. • When all the ftormy world doth roar How unconcern'd am I ? I cannot fear... | |
 | Poems - 1775 - 518 էջ
...do covet only reft, A cottage will fuffice ; It is not brave to be poffeft Of earth but to defpife. Opinion is the rate of things From hence our peace doth flow ; I have a better fate than Kings, Becaufe I think it fo. G »' 76 Mrs. PHILIPS, When all the ftormy world doth roar How unconcern 'd... | |
 | 1783 - 360 էջ
...only reft, A cottage will fuffice : It is not brave to be poffeft Of earth, but to defpife. 5 Opinion Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace doth flow ; I have a better fate than kings, Becaufe I think it fo. When all the ftormy world doth roar How unconcern'd am I ? I cannot fear to... | |
 | 1804 - 452 էջ
...entertainment but its own. Animus tmmia facit. Opinion is the rate of things From whence our peace must flow: I have a better fate than kings, Because I think it so. Natura paucis contenta. Things needful they can never want Who curb their vain desires; And measure... | |
 | 1819 - 394 էջ
...do covet only rest, A cottage will suffice : It is not brave to be possest Of earth, but to despise. Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace...cannot fear to tumble lower, Who never could be high. Secure in these unenvied walls, I think not on the state, And pity no man's case that falls From his... | |
 | 1837 - 886 էջ
...brave to be pofsen Of earth, but to despise. " Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace dpth flow ; I have a better fate than kings, Because I think it 10. " When all the stormy world doth roar, How unconcerned am I ? I cannot fear to tumble lower Who... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1827 - 476 էջ
...do covet only rest, A cottage will suffice : It is not brave to be possest Of earth, but to despise. Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace...doth flow ; I have a better fate than kings, Because t think it so. \ When all the stormy world doth roar How unconcern 'd am I ? I cannot fear to tumble... | |
 | 1828 - 454 էջ
...solitude, My great felicity; Though some are pleas'd to call thee rude, Thou art not so, but we. " Opinion is the rate of things ; From hence our peace doth flow j I have a better fate than kings, Because I think it so. " Silence and innocence are safe : — A... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1836 - 384 էջ
...FEW PARTICULARS CONCERNING NO. 113 BISHOPSGATE STREET WITHIN ; AND OF THE FAMILY AT THAXTED GRANGE. Opinion is the rate of things. From hence our peace doth flow ; 1 have a better fate than kings, Because I think it so. KATHARINE PHILIPS. XXV11 CHAPTER CIV.—... | |
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Of earth, but to despise. Opinion is the rate of things, From hence our peace doth flow; I have a better fate than kings, Because I think it so. 
