 Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue ! What labouring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy only doings do ! To thee, the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And,...  Poetic amusement - Page 9by Thomas Beck - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1815 - 406 lehte
...aught compare, To thee a thousand things may liken'd be; And though thou art with nobody, no where. Yet half mankind devote their lives to thee. — How...lab'ring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy doings only do ! To thee the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And, like my Sonnet, all in nothing... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1815 - 392 lehte
...doings only'do! To thee the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And, like my Sonnet, all in nothing end. How many heads thy mighty plans pursue ! What lab'ring hands thy portion only gain ! R. ON A POOR GENTLEMAN MARRYING A,LADY OF QUALITY. " ——Et genus et proaves." [From the British... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 lehte
...ought compare, To thee a thousand things may liken'd be ; And though thou art with nobody — nowhere, Yet half mankind devote their lives to thee. How many...contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue ! What labouring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy doings only do ! To thee the great, the proud,... | |
 | 1834 - 536 lehte
...things may likened be; And though thou art nobody, and no where, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue I What labouring hands thy portion only gain 1 What busy men thy only doings do ! To thee, the great,... | |
 | 1835 - 284 lehte
...things may likened be; And though thou art nobody, and no where, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue ! "What labouring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy only doings do ! To thee, the great, the... | |
 | 1835 - 272 lehte
...things may likened be; And though tbxra art nobody, and no where, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue I What labouring hands thy portion only gain I What busy men thy only doings do ! To thee, the great,... | |
 | 1847 - 608 lehte
...likened be, And though thou art with nobody nowhere, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. НОЛУ many books thy history contain, How many heads thy...pursue, What lab'ring hands thy portion only gain. What busy-bodies thy doings only do. To thee, the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And — like my sonnet... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1846 - 512 lehte
...things may likened be ; And, though thou art wiIh nobody, no where, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighiy plans pursue ! What labouring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy only doings do... | |
 | 1847 - 606 lehte
...likened be, And though thou art with nobody nowhere. Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. 1 How many books thy history contain, How many heads...pursue, What lab'ring hands thy portion only gain, What busy-bodies thy doings only do. To thee, the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And — like my sonnet... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 358 lehte
...to thee may likened be, And though thou art with nobody no where, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee, How many books thy history contain, How many...pursue, What lab'ring hands thy portion only gain, What busy-bodies thy doings only do, To thee the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And, like my sonnet —... | |
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