 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 - 1892 - 276 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 ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! AESTIVATION. AS UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN TUTOP.. TN candent ire the solar splendor flames... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 562 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 ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. {A Parenthesis.) I can't say just how many walks she and I had... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 374 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 ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (A Parenthesis.) I can't say just how many walks she and I had... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 448 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 ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! ESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN TUTOB IN candent ire the solar splendor flames ; The... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 382 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 ask bnt one recumbent chair. \ Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I woidd fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables ser"e my turn, But all must be of bulil ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 516 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 ; — Shall not carved tables ser*re my turn, But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 492 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; — Shall not carved tables ser^e my turn, But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 504 Seiten
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wastefid tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; — Shall not carved tables ser^e my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1893 - 300 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; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content I MY LAST WALK AVITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. (A Parenthesis.) I can't say just how many walks she and I... | |
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