 | 1851 - 604 ページ
...keep in." And Burns, it will be recollected, has given expression, in verse, to the same idea : — h If happiness have not her seat And centre in the breast,...wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." The truth of the following maxim has been generally acknowledged and acted on, and certainly never... | |
 | Martha Careful (pseud.) - 1851 - 146 ページ
...to the world again." Believe me faithfully yours, MAKTHA CAREFUL. MONDAY MORNING. " If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures, nae pleasures, Could make us happy lang : The heart ay's the part ay That makes us... | |
 | Frederick Richard Chichester (Earl of Belfast.) - 1851 - 300 ページ
...dingy room. A child is born ! — The mother breathes no more ! PART II. CHAPTER I. " If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest . " Nae treasures, nor pleasures Could mak us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye That makes... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 430 ページ
...have just witnessed. I am a thorough convert to the sentiments of the plowman bard. ' If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 ページ
...making muckle mair : It's no in books : it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. HELioTROPE....J>e»ofed! Affection. THE Heliotrope is a native of Peru. It is often eonfounded with... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 ページ
...; 'T is not in wealth like England's Bank To make us truly blest. If happiness has not her seat 't And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 2. The ivy round some lofty pile Its twining tendril flings ; Though fled from thence be Pleasure's... | |
 | 1852 - 560 ページ
...effects no cure in the man himself, will be of any avail in affording real and permanent consolation. " If happiness have not her seat, And centre in the breast ; We may bo wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." We are kept in bondage through fear of death.... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 272 ページ
...purchase peace and rest; ''Tis not in wealth like England's Bank To make us truly blest. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 2. The ivy round some lofty pile Its twining tendril flings ; Though fled from thence be Pleasure's... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 ページ
...Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere ; 'Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere. Pope. If happiness has not her seat and centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, but never can be blest. Burns. Happy are those, That knowing, in their births, they are subject to Uncertain changes, are still... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcomb - 1853 - 446 ページ
...grateful heart ; And who would more than will suffice, Does covet more than is his part. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise. or rich, or great, Bat never can be blest. BUMS. 25th Week. TUESDAY. Natural History. MAMMALS. ORDER 1. TWO-HANDED ANIMALS.... | |
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It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest... 
