 This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave.  The Essays of Abraham Cowley - Page 119by Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...which I have set down (if a very little were corrected) I should hardly now be much ashamed : " This only grant me, that my means may lie, Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would hare, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known; Rumor... | |
 | Caroline Leigh Gascoigne - 1855 - 368 pages
...you would be at all the happier — for my part I always feel inclined to say with Cowley — ' This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high.' " Ah ! that's all very well for you and Cowley — but just try me — that's all ! — But here comes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...which I here set down, (if a very little were corrected,) I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor 1 would have, Not'from great deeds, but good alone; Th' unknown are better than ill-known. Rumor... | |
 | B. Courtenay Gidley - 1856 - 116 pages
...Who, midft the roughnefs of his chequered way, Could thus, in enviable contentment, fay— 260 " This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high." The Mufe of Lovelace, like a caged lark, Sang in a prifon, dreary, damp, and dark. Confiftent Marvell... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...which I here set down, (if a very little were corrected,) I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor 1 would have, Not from great deeds, hut good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill-known. Rumor... | |
 | Severn river - 1859 - 408 pages
...clashing waters, and a grave Yawned for me in the purple wave. c. MERIVALE (from the Greek). A Vote. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy,...would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone; Th' unknown are better than ill-known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 pages
...! now, And chines of beef innumerable send me, Or from the stomach of the guard defend me. IX. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy,...good alone : The unknown are better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when't depends Not from the number, but... | |
 | Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - 370 pages
...granted — that your means shall lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high ; Some honor you shall have, Not from great deeds — but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known ; Eumor can ope the grave ; Acquaintance you shall have, such as depends Not on the number, but the... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1863 - 320 pages
...follow the customs of the time ; — which they did." And so Miss Clairvaux conformed. CHAPTER X. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy,...for contempt too high ; Some honour I would have Not for great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill-known, Eumour can ope the grave ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...which I here set down, (if a very little were corrected,) I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor 1 would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone; Th' unknown are better than ill-known. Rumor... | |
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