 In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this...  The Complete Angler - Page 227by Izaak Walton - 1901 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...called great Master In the loose rliimes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that livea, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet...pleasure. Welcome pure thoughts ! welcome ye silent groves ! Theso guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1839 - 536 pages
...tongue To stones and epitaphs ; be called " great master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster : Could I be, more than any man that lives, Great, fair,...fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute ofthit holy leisure, Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Welcome, pure thoughts ; welcome, ye... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs — be called " great master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair,...riches of this empty pleasure! Welcome, pure thoughts I welcome, ye silent groves ! 12 gacrcft ©afcftm. These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1841 - 520 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called " great master" In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; * Piece of money value ten shillings. Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever fortune... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...a tongue To stones by epitaphs; be called " Great Master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, in all superlatives; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever fortune would have made... | |
 | 1842 - 796 pages
...a tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called 'great master" In the loor.e rhymes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives, Yet 1 more freely would these gifts resign Than ever fortune would have made them mine ! And hold one minute... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 pages
...Great, fair, rich, wise, [all inf] Superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Then ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold...leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. • " Ad tnftl it a piece of coin, value ten shillings. The words to ' n> angefe' are a metonymy, and... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1815 - 236 pages
...Great, fair, rich, wise, [all inf ] Superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Then ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold...leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. * " An angel is a piece of coin, value ten shillings. The -words to ' vie angels are a metonymy, and... | |
 | sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1845 - 222 pages
...Great, fair, rich, wise, [all inf ] Superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Then ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold...leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. The words to ' Beggar's Daughter of Bethnal Green (Percy, ii. 165, ed. 1787,) is more to the point.... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1847 - 606 pages
...tongue To stones by epitaphs ; be called great masler In the. loose rhymes of every poetaster : Could 1 be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich,...would have made them mine; And hold one minute of this Italy leisure, Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. Weleome, pure thoughts, weleome, ye silent... | |
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