 Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Página 111por James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 453 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...gives us: The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives5 us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth6 are all things sold, 1 auroral, dawn-like. 2 Not only . . . lie. In allusion to Wordsworth's... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 páginas
...gives us: The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives5 us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth6 are all things sold, 1 auroral, dawn-like. 2 Not only . . . lie. In allusion to Wordsworth's... | |
 | 1886 - 552 páginas
...gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in; The priest has his fee who comes and shrives us ; We bargain for...cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with the whole soul's tasking; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking;... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 páginas
...used ? 3. Earth gets its price for what earth gives us: The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives* us,...lie in; At the devil's booth are all things sold, 15 Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a cap and bells our lives we pay: Bubbles we buy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 184 páginas
...cap and bells " has become the symbol of folly. Thus, in Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal we read : " At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay," etc. 45, line 213. — Harlequin. One of the chief characters in the pantomime which is a regular feature... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 200 páginas
...Thus, in Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal we read : " At the devil's booth are all things sold, Kach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold : For a cap and bells our lives we pay," etc. Page 45, line 213. — Harliqmn. One of the chief characters in the pantomime which is a regular... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 páginas
...with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb, and know it not. For a cap and bells our lives we pay ; Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. No price is set on... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1889 - 248 páginas
...sea. 2* IV. Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking ; so No price is set... | |
 | 1889 - 552 páginas
...inspiring sea. Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us : The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,...sold : Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; 1 See Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 páginas
...gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went. FROM "THE VISION OP SIR LAUNFAL." FOR a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking; No price is set on the... | |
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