 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. 10 My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting...garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; can pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. 16 Thus would I double my life's fading... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 240 pages
...the choice of friends. 10. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage more Than...pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabin field. 11. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, twice runs his race. And... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...requisite for the defence of the country against the Danes. Than palace, and should fitting be Por all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er "With...; and pleasures yield, Horace ' might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his... | |
 | 1869 - 162 pages
...of friends ; Books should, not business, entertain the light; And sleep as undisturb'd as death my night. My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury : My gardens painted o'er With nature's hand, not art's, should pleasure yield Horace might envy in his... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1870 - 366 pages
...Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep as undi.st urb'd as death the night ; lily house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting...Art's ; and pleasures yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field. " Thus would I double my life's fading space For he that runs it well twice runs his... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...Cowley, in one of his " Discourses in Verse and Prose " (" On Myself "), expresses the same thought : Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, runs twice his race. Rogers, in " The Pleasures of Memory," exquisitely portrays the happiness, which... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pages
...Cowley, in one of his " Discourses in Verse and Prose " (" On Myself "), expresses the same thought : Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, runs twice his race. Rogers, in " The Pleasures of Memory," exquisitely portrays the happiness, which... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 328 pages
...the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light ; And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than...Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he that runs it well, runs twice his... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...the choice, of friends. Hooks should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house, a cottage more Than...Art's; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabinc field. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he that runs it well, twice runs his... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pages
...but the choice of friends, " Books should, as business, entertain the light, And sleep as undisturbed as death, the night, My house, a cottage more Than...art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. These nnbougbt sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate; But boldly... | |
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Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports... 
