 Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.  Selection of Poems ... - Page 97by Charles Snart - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...far exceeds all earthly blisse That God or Nature hath assignde. Though much I want, that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice ; I presse to beare no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. Loe ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
 | 1851 - 362 pages
...than may suffice : I presse to heare no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. 10 Loe ! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth hring. I see how plentie surfets oft, And hastie clymhers soonest fall : I see that such as sit aloft... | |
 | 1853 - 402 pages
...hath assigned' Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content to live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice...supplies, Lo ! thus I triumph, like a king, Content with what my mind doth bring. I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall ; I see that... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 334 pages
...exceeds all earthly blisse, That God or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want, that most would have. Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice ; I presse to beare no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. Loe ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway ; I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall ; I see that such as sit aloft Mishap... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 322 pages
...exceeds all earthly blisse, That God or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want, that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice ; I presse to beare no haughtie sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. Loe ! thus I triumph like a king,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway ; I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall ; I see that such as sit aloft Mishap... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content...than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall ; I see that such as sit aloft Mishap... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1856 - 576 pages
...Nature hath assignde : Though much I want, that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave. 6 Content I live, this is my stay ; I seek no more than may suffice: I presse to beare no baughtic sway ; Look what I lack my mind supplies. 10 thus I triumph like a king,... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 396 pages
...exceeds all earthly blisse, That God or Nature hath assignde: Though much I want, that most would have, 5 Yet still my mind forbids to crave. Content I live,...this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice: I presse to beare no haughtie sway; Look what I lack my mind supplies. 10 Loe! thus I triumph like a... | |
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