 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 - 1891 - 330 Seiten
...is walking close behind! 128 POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT CONTENTMENT " Man w«nU 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 on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 330 Seiten
...is walking close behind! 128 POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT 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 on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 362 Seiten
...embody the subdued and limited desires of my maturity. 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 on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 328 Seiten
...walking close behind I 128 POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT 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 on... | |
 | Walter Léon Hess - 1891 - 308 Seiten
...) Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — s And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 204 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...plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — 5 And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 350 Seiten
...embody the subdued and limited desires of my maturity. CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A tery plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 432 Seiten
...street that fronts the sun. 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. I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 350 Seiten
...street that fronts the sun. 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 I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 516 Seiten
...head and see, — Some youth is walking close behind! CONTENTMENT " Man waiita 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 on... | |
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