 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. II. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that hannt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. III. The tallest pines feel most the power Of... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wint'ry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. Tlie golden mean. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's Imbitt'ring all his state. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r 3 Of wint'ry blast ; the loftiest... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...blended form, with arlfu! strife, The strength and harmony of life. The golden mean. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the greatFeels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's doorr ImMlt'ring... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. II. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. ln. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tow'r Comes heaviest to the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...state. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'ry blasts ; the loftiest tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground ; The bolts that spare the mountain's side,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...state. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'ry blasts ; the loftiest tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground ; The bolts that spare the mountain's side,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor. Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest vines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. II. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunts the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. m. The tallest pines feel most the power Of... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...creep Along the treacherous shore, He that holds fast the golden meau. And lives contentedly hetween The little and the great, Feels not the wants, that...pinch the poor, Nor plagues, that haunt the rich man's Juor, Imhittcring all his state, The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry hlasts; the loftiest... | |
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He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. 
