 | 1857 - 610 strani
...pour'd his groan, And lonely want retired to die. ' No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gains disdained by pride, The modest wants of every day The toil of every day supplied.' Were coalheavers and hackney-coachmen the sole or principal occupants of misery's darkest caverns,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 strani
...disdain'd by pride ; The modest wants of ev'ry day The toil of every day supply 'd. His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, unclouded, glided by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 strani
...disdain'd by pride, The modest wants of ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supply'd. His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure th' Eternal Master found The single talent %vell employ'd. The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 strani
...disdain'd by pride : The modest wants of ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supply'd. His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. The busy day, the peaceful night, Untelt, uncounted, glided by ; His... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 strani
...pride ; 73* ' " The modest wants of every day " The toil of every day supply'd. " His virtues walk'd their narrow round, " Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; " And sure the eternal Master found " v His single talent well employ'd. " Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; " His frame was firm, his powers... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 strani
...Johnson repeated this line to me thus : <r No summons mock'd by chill delay, " No petty gains disdain'd by pride ; *' The modest wants of every day " The toil of every day supply 'd. " His virtues walk'd their narrow round, " Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; " And sure... | |
 | 1809 - 914 strani
...poured his groan,And lonely want retired to die. VI. No summons mocked by chill delay ; No petty gains disdained by pride ; The modest wants of every day The toil of every day supplied. VII. His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void : And sure the Eternal... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 strani
...poured his groan. And lonely want retired to die. VI. No summons mocked by chill delay ; No petty gains disdained by pride ; The modest wants of every day The toil of every day supplied. VII. His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void : And sure the Eternal... | |
 | 1809 - 562 strani
...last line contains the same thought with a stanza in Dr. Johnson's Elegy on Levett: His virtues walkxl their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure th.' Eternal Master found The single talent well etnploy'd* bid poet, if that is sufficient authority... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 strani
...disdain'd by pride, The modest wants of ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supply'd. His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure th' Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. The busy day the peaceful night, Unfelt,... | |
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His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. 
