 Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.  The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion - Stran 24avtor: John Lauris Blake - 1833Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Words - 1866 - 368 strani
...world affords, or grows by kind : Though much I want what most men have, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave. Content I live — this is my stay ; I seek...supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers oft do fall ; I see how... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 strani
...all earthly blisse, that God or nature hath assignde ; though much I want, that most would have, yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live,. this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice: I presse to beare no haughtie sway ; look what I lack my mind supplies. Loe! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 strani
...affords, or grows by kind: Though much I want what most men have, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave. M Content I live — this is my stay; I seek no more...supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers oft do fall ; I see how... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - 322 strani
...108-9 ; as well as by Percy, &c. There is an imitation in J. Sylvester's " Works," p. 651. Content to live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice...supplies : Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. Some have too much, yet still do crave ; I little have, and seek no more.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 strani
...blisse That God or nature hath assignde ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my minde se, sure, you have, Else, could you not have motion : but, sure, that sense Is presse to beare no haughtie sway ; Look, what 1 lack my mind supplies. Loe, thus 1 triumph like a king,... | |
 | Thomas Turner (F.S.S.) - 1872 - 204 strani
...world affords or grows by kind ; Though much I want what most men have, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave. Content I live — this is my stay ; I seek...supplies. Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. L I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers oft do fall ; I see how... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 168 strani
...world affords or grows by kind ; Though much I want what most men havo, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave. Content I live — this is my stay ; I seek...• Lo ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers oft do fall j I see how... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872 - 90 strani
...exceeds all earthly bliss, That God or nature hath assigned. Though much I want that most would have, Vet still my mind forbids to crave : Content I live—...sway ; Look what I lack, my mind supplies. Lo ! thus 1 triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft. And hasty... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 strani
...all earthly blisse That God or Nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live; this...sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo! thus I trinmph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. I see how plentio surfeits oft. And hasty... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 strani
...all earthly blisse, That GOD or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want, that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice : I presse to beare no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. Loe ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
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