 | 1800 - 322 ページ
...wound. ' Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of" wealth, and dread of deatli secure! They tempt no deserts, and no griefs they find ; Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind. He said, and call'd on heaven to bless the day, And back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way. VIRTUE... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 ページ
...wife, contented poor, From luft of WEALTH, and dread of DEATH, fecure ! They tempt no defarts, ami, no griefs they find ; PEACE rules the day, where REASON rules the mind. ' Sad was the hour, and lucklefs was the day, 1 When firli fromscHiRAz' walls I bent my way ! O haplefs youth ! for me thy... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 206 ページ
...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Curst be the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 198 ページ
...valley's pride, Why think we these less pleasing to behold, Than dreary deserts, if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I ber.t my way !" Oh cease, my fears ! — all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 ページ
...melancholy pleasure we echoed the melodious plaint of our fellow-traveler, Hassan, in the desert, — " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz' walls I hent my way." The air lay lifeless between the hills, as in a seething caldron, with no leaf stirring,... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 ページ
...desperate sorrow wild, the affrighted man Thrice sigh'd; thrice struck his breast; and thus began i OR, " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Sri li rax' walls I bent my way !" Ah ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst, or pinching... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 ページ
...Before them Death with shrieks directs their way> Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" At that dead hour the silent asp shall creep, If aught of rest I find, upon my sleep ; Or some swoln... | |
 | 1806 - 330 ページ
...wound. 38 Thrice liappy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of wealth, and dread of death secure! They tempt no deserts, and no griefs they find ; Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind. He said, and call'd on heaven to bless the day, And back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way. VIRTUE... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 ページ
...wound. Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of wealth, and dread of death secure ! They tempt no deserts, and no griefs they find ; Peace rules the day, where reason rules the miud. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls 1 bent my way... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 ページ
...wound. Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of wealth and dread of death secure ! They tempt no deserts, and no griefs they find ; Peace rules the clay where reason rules the mind. Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz'... | |
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... walls I bent my way." At that dead hour the silent asp shall creep, If aught of rest I find, upon my sleep : Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around, And wake to anguish with a burning wound. Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From... 
