 | Oliver Goldsmith - Facsimile - 1766 - 256 pages
...herbs and fruits fupply'd, " And water from the fpring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; " For earth-born cares are wrong : " Man wants but little here below, " Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell : The grateful ftranger lowly bends, And follows... | |
 | Samuel Derrick - English literature - 1769 - 196 pages
...guiltlefs feaft I bring ; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply'd, " And water from the fpring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; " All earth-born...little here below, " Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows... | |
 | English poetry - 1770 - 268 pages
...with herbs and fruits fupply'd, And water from the fpring. Then trav'ller turn, thy cares forego, For earth-born cares are wrong ; •" Man wants but little...dew from 'heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell, The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. -Far in a wildernefs obfcure The lonely manfion... | |
 | Moses Mendez - English poetry - 1770 - 334 pages
...herbs and fruits fupply'd, * And water from the fpring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego j • All earth-born cares are wrong : * Man wants but little here below, « Nor wants that little long.' Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish fiction - 1773 - 234 pages
...guiltlefs feaft I bring ; * A fcrip with herbs and Fruits fupply'd, * And water from the fpring. f Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; * All earth.born...little here below, * Nor wants that little long.' Soft 'as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 316 pages
...with herbs and fruits fupply'd, And water from the fpring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; For earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little...dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in a wildernefs obfcure The lonely... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 328 pages
...with herbs and fruits fupply'd, Ar.d water from the fpring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; For earth-born cares are wrong: Man wants but little here below, 'Nor wants that little long. Soft as the dew from heav'n dcfcends, His gentle accents fell: The modeft ftranger lowly bends, And follows... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1787 - 726 pages
...fide A guiltlefs feaft I bring ; A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupplied, And water from the fpring. Then, pilgrim turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born...cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants tiiat little long. Soft as the dew from heaven defceiuls His gentle accents fell ; The modeft... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...A guiltlefs feaft I bring; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply'd, " And water from the fpring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; " All earth-born...little here below, " Nor wants that little long." Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends, His gentle accents fell: The modeft ftranger lowly bentis, And follows... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...sapply'd, ,,Aad water from the spring. ,.Then , pilgrim , turn , thy carps f orego j ,,A11 earth - born cares are wrong : ,,Man wants but little here below, ,,Nor wants that little long.*' Soft as the dew from heav'a descend?. His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bend«; And follows... | |
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No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them. But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring.... 
