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" In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy... "
The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton:: Extensively ... - Page 259
by Izaak Walton - 1824 - 416 pages
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Time's Telescope

1826 - 488 pages
...flovv'rets casts Bedropped with golden spangles. PENNIE'* Royal Minstrel. naturalist's For MAY 1826. Welcome, pure thoughts, welcome ye silent groves,...guests, these courts my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome SPRING : A prayer-book now...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...master' In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ! Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely...loves. Now the wing'd people of the sky shall sing JVly cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring: A prayer-book, now, shall be my looking-glass, In which...
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The Last of the Plantagenets: An Historical Romance Illustrating ..., Volume 2

William Heseltine - 1829 - 224 pages
...M.ASTTAOEJJETS. 14 • CHAPTER IX. THK LIFE OF A RELIGIOUS RECLUSE, AND A ROYA.T' PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGUAM. Welcome, pure thoughts ! Welcome, ye silent groves...guests,- these courts, my soul most dearly loves— A prayer-book now shall be my looking-glass, In which I will adore my Maker's face. j Here dwell no...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 380 pages
...In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — . Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives, — Yet I more freely...riches of this empty pleasure ! Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcomei ye silent groves ! These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves ! Now, the wing'd...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 350 pages
...master," In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than auy man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives, — Yet I more freely...would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have mule them mine, And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure !...
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Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century: Including the Whole of ..., Volume 2

Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...Master, In the loose rhymes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring : A prayer-book now...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation ...

Izaak Walton - 1836 - 358 pages
...In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — . Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives, — Yet I more freely...Welcome, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves 1 These guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves ! Now, the wing'd people of the sky shall sing...
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Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century: Including the Whole of ..., Volume 2

Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...Master, In the loose rhymes of every poetaster; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely...leisure, Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure. 1 Could I rival India in riches : " angels," the coin so called. Welcome, pure thoughts, welcome, ye...
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The Rural Life of England, Volume 2

William Howitt - 1838 - 414 pages
...master" In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives; Yet I more freely...guests, these courts my soul most dearly loves. Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring ; A prayer-book now...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 14-15

1839 - 532 pages
...Master In the loose rhimes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely...guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves: Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring : A prayer-book now...
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