Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night, Lies down secure, her heart and... Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1808 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...prais'd to death. Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore, ^ Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long -day, • Juft earns a fcanty pittance, and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light J She,... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...prais'd to death 1 Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay ; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light : She> for... | |
| William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...prais'd to death ! Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light : She, for... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...that manifested before his students at St. Andrews, in sublime recitative, repeat the lines — " ' She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit ; She know«, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew —... | |
| 1803 - 452 pages
...cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little ftore ; Content, though mean j and cheerful, if not gay ; Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft earns a fcanty pittance ; and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light t She, for... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her littlo ftore ; Content though me;m, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Juft eams a fcanty pittance, and at night Lies down fecure, her heart and pocket light; She, for her... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...smothered in't at last, is praised to death-. Yon cottager, who weaves at hep own door, Pillow and bobhins all her little store; Content though mean> and cheerful...the live-long day, Just .earns a scanty pittance, and-at-night Lies down secure,, her heart a-nd pocket light ;, She, for her humble sphere by nature... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. •*' Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; ' Content though mean, and cheerful if not fift ' Shuffling her threads about the livelong day-,' '**'• * Just earns a scanty pittance, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...breath, And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content though...night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; k; Drawn by RicnJ\Vestftn,H_A. T 1R• HTH . YON COTTAC.KR,WHO VVKAVKS AT IIBR OW'S HOOR. I'lL LOW... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...breath ; And smother'd in't at last, is prais'd to death I Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay j Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance ; and at night Lies down... | |
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