 Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone will do), That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me : Three courses are...  Elson Grammar School Readers - Seite 339von William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 410 Seiten
...LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; The musky daughter of the Nile, With plaited hair and almond eyes. I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — Might we but share one wild caress And close at hand is such a one, Ere life's autumnal blossoms... | |
 | 1888 - 344 Seiten
...(A Parody.) LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few I only wish a hut of stone, Or one of good plain brick will do That I may call my own. And close at hand in Downing Street, Is just the house my wants to meet. I care not much for gold or land — Give me... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 482 Seiten
...tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. THE AUTOCEAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TAELE. OCTOBER 20. Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 124 Seiten
...TAELE. 30. Samuel Rogers, 1763. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. CONTENTMENT. 31. George Henry Thomas, 1816. There... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1889 - 274 Seiten
...Contentment,' has told us that ' Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three — Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice — My choice would be vanilla-ice. " Of supper, as a meal, less has been sung than might... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 362 Seiten
...but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants arc few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (Л very plitin brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; —...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1890 - 548 Seiten
...WORKSHOP. BY ANNIE ISABEL WILLIS. IN his poem " Contentment," Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says humorously : Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brownslone will do), That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 450 Seiten
...and see, — Some youth is walking close behind ! CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, A very pJn-in brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, n yonder... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 438 Seiten
...embody the subdued and limited desires of my maturity. CONTENTMENT. " Han wants but little here below." Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of atone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own -, — And close at hand is such... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 100 Seiten
...Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea ! CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; - — If Nature can subsist... | |
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