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" Therefore, never is their strife After those true joys to spur ; In this lean and little life They half witted deeply err, Seeking here their bliss to gain, That is, God Himself, in vain. Ah ! I know not in my thought How enough to blame their sin, Nor... "
The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ... - Page 210
by Alfred (King of England) - 1852
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 1

Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 598 pages
...and so mad That they cannot surely find Where the ever-good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true...and vain are they And more sad than I can say. All their hope is to acquire Worship, goods, and worldly weal ; When they have their mind's desire, Then...
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Memorials of King Alfred: Being Essays on the History and Antiquities of ...

John Allen Giles - 1863 - 416 pages
...weorthacipes To gewinnanne ; Thonne hi habbath thaet Hiora hige seceth, 90 Wenath thonne, Swagewitlease, Thaet hi tha sothan Gesaeltha haebben. Oh ! it is...and vain are they And more sad than I can say. All their hope is to acquire Worship, goods, and worldly weal ; When they have their mind's desire, Then...
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae

Boethius - 1864 - 432 pages
...jepicleape. paec hi pa popan. jepaelpa haebben. Where the ever-good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true...and vain are they, And more sad than I can say. All their hope is to acquire Worship, goods, and worldly weal; When they have their mind>s desire Then...
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boethins De Consolatione Philosophiæ ...

Boethius - 1864 - 480 pages
...jepicleape. ]>xt hi J>a pofan. ^epselfa heebben. Where the ever-good is And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true...enough to blame their sin, Nor so clearly as I ought Canlshowtheir fault within, Por, more bad and vaia are they, And more sad than I can say. All their...
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae ...

Alfred (King of England) - 1864 - 442 pages
...popan. jepaelpa hcebbcn. Where the ever-good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never ia their strife After those true joys to spur; In this...enough to blame their sin, Nor so clearly as I ought Canlshowtheir fault within, For, more bad and vain are they, . And more sad than I can say. All their...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 556 pages
...never is their strife After those true joys to spur; In this lean and little life They, half-witted, deeply err Seeking here their bliss to gain, That...know not in my thought How enough to blame their sin, None so clearly as I ought Can I show their fault within; For, more bad and vain are they And more...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 582 pages
...and so mad, That they cannot surely find Where the ever-good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true joys to spur; In this lean and little life They, half-witted, deeply err Seeking here their bliss to gain, That is God Himself in vain. Ah ! I know...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature, with ..., Volume 8

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...and so mad That they cannot surely find Where the ever good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true...and vain are they And more sad than I can say. All their hope is to acquire Worship, goods, and worldly weal; When they have their mind's desire, Then...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 8

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 pages
...and so mad That they cannot surely find Where the ever good is nigh And true pleasures hidden lie. Therefore, never is their strife After those true...and vain are they And more sad than I can say. All their hope is to acquire Worship, goods, and worldly weal ; When they have their mind's desire, Then...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner - 1902 - 526 pages
...strife After those true joys to spur; In this lean and little life They, half-witted, deeply enSeeking here their bliss to gain. That is God Himself in vain....know not in my thought How enough to blame their sin, None so clearly as I ought Can I show their fault within; For, more bad and vain are they And more...
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