 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...converfe at will, And would be glad to do fo foil, For it is tbou alone that keep'ft the foul atvekf. V. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read,...none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, fit* or Jleep at one's own eafe / And, plea/ing a man's felf, none other to difpleafs, VI. Ob my beloved... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, Fsr it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake ! How calm and quiet a delight Is it alone To read,...one's own ease, And pleasing a MAN'S self— none others to displease! COTTON. Sir William Temple's only son, a young man of talents and accomplishments,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...awake. How calm and quiet a delight It is alone To read, and meditate, and write, By none offended, nor offending none ; To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's...And pleasing a man's self, none other to displease ! * — . 1642. — COLONEL LOVELACE IMPRISONED in the Gatehouse, at Westminster, by order of the House... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 486 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read, and meditate, and write, Oh my beloved nymph, fair Dove ; Princess of rivers, how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie ; And... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 518 pages
...thee I here converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For, it is thou alone, that keep'st the soul awake. V. How calm, and quiet a delight,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. VL Oh, my beloved Nymph! fair Dove! Princess of Rivers! how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie. And... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 512 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For, it is thou alone, that keep'st the soul awake. How calm, and quiet a delight, Is it, alone To read,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. V! Oh, my beloved Nymph ! fair Dove I Princess of Rivers! how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone To read,...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. CONTESTATION. I CAN go nowhere but I meet With malcontents and mutineers, As if in life was nothing... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1833 - 380 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep Vi, the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. 0 my beloved nymph, fair Dove, Princess of rivers, how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie, And view... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1833 - 350 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep 'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read and meditate and write, By none offended, and offend-'ne none'i To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease, And, pleasing a man's self, none... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1835 - 348 pages
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep 'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read...own ease. And, pleasing a man's self, none other to Jispkas-e. 0 my beloved nymph, fair Dove, Princess of rivers, how I love Upon thy flowery banks to... | |
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How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read and meditate and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. 
