| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 páginas
...to fall. No : not a single thought like that Employs his philosophick pate, Or troubles it at all V. He sees, that this great roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physick, law, Its customs, and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1808 - 658 páginas
...uf Cowper, in an epigram on the speculations uf that bird from a steeple : He sees that this grrat round-about The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its custom! and its businesses, Are no conccr at all of his; And »,iy« — What layt be ?— Cmv. The... | |
| 1853 - 672 páginas
...ease. You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs...pate, Or troubles it at all. He sees that this great round a-bout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its custom and its businesses,... | |
| My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 páginas
...rest in our quivers. Yes, happy birds, you may still sit upon the steeple, and looking upon — " ' This great roundabout, The world, with all its motley...army, physic, law, Its customs, and its businesses, — Chant forth your old song — Caw.' " Both the servant and the jackdaws were, therefore, cleared... | |
| William Cowper - 1845 - 394 páginas
...ease. You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs...rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its business, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 páginas
...You think, no doubt', he sits and muses' On future broken bones and bruises', If* he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that* Employs his philosophic pate', Or troubles it at all. 5. He sees that this great roundabout' — The world', with all its motley rout', Church, army, physic,... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 840 páginas
...The world, with all it's motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its business, К no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — caw. , Cawper. The Jackdaw. CAWK, a name applied in Derbyshire to a compact variety of sulphate of Barytes.... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 páginas
...ease. You think no doubt he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall ; No ! not a single thought like that Employs...army, physic, law, Its customs and its businesses Are no concern ai all of his, And says, — what says he ? Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 508 páginas
...roundabout, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its business, Is no concern at all of his. And says —what says he ?— Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have swn Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 476 páginas
...thence securely sees The bustle and the rareeshow, That occupy mankind below, Secure and at his ease. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic...no concern at all of his, And says — what says he 1 — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen... | |
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