 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 758 trang
...mankind. Obserre Observe (he maiden, innocently sweet, . She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring; "Fis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1823 - 310 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, , She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring ; Tis the Great-Man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, % May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring ; 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, [own, Whose... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet ! She's fair white-paper! an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man whom fate ordains May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one, I'll bring! Tis the great man who scorns a little thing; Whose thought,... | |
 | 1829 - 426 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, Site 's fair white-paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I '11 bring ; 'T is the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She 's fair white-paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one 1 11 bring ; 'T is the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She 's fair white-paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. JOHN TRUMBULt. JOHN TRUMBULI, the author of M'Fingal, was born on the 24th day of April, 1750, in the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 310 trang
...mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She's fair while-payer, an unsullied sheet; On which "lie happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains, One instance more, and only one I'll bring; •Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Songs - 1833 - 142 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet: On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring— Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; She 's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring; 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
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What are our Poets, take them as they fall — Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all ? Them and their works in the same class you'll find ; They are the mere Waste-Paper of mankind. 
