 Which others often show for pride, / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ;...  Wisconsin Journal of Education - Seite 1811897Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 376 Seiten
...Stradivarius, I confess, •\'wo Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ;—...pomp its double share,— I ask but one recumbent chairThus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch ; If Heaven more generous gifts... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor apo the glitt'ring upstart fool ; Shall not carved tables serve my turn,...all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double care — I ask but ona recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 Seiten
...One Stradivarins. I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! OW HOLMES. THE FIGHT OVER THE BODY OF KE1TT. A fragment from the great American epie, the Wasuingtouiiul.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 Seiten
...tricks I will not fool; — Shall not carved tables serve my learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart turn. But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but nne recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more... | |
 | 1875 - 432 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! THE LAST LEAF. I" SAW hi:n once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...golden touch ; If Heaven more generous gifts deny, 311 PARSON TURELL'3 LEGACY. PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY: OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIR, A MATHEMATICAL... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Tiiu-i humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more generous gifts... | |
 | 1875 - 432 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I as!i but one recumbent chair. . -.-.. £ *THE LAST LEAF. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thin humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden...Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not miss them mach, — Toj grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! O. lY. HOLMES. THE... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 Seiten
...fain possess "Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart ftx.1 } — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, • But all...grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one rwumbent cliai™. Thus humble let me Ifve and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more... | |
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