 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage: At his approach complaint grew mild; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 134by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...his learning, That if a man's belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. C7 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cœsar or of Venus ; From... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. This is not poetry to move the world ; there is no vehemence... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...bad. It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share...his approach complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. He always... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share...his approach complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The weleome which they could not utter. He always... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
.... It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and lov'd to sit In ihe low hut or gnrnish'd cottage. And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share...homelier pottage : At his approach complaint grew mild?And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of Fever smiled The welcome, which they... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Ceesar or of Venus ; From... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Csesar or of Venus ; From... | |
 | Periodicals - 1852 - 628 pages
...that benevolence of heart which is best seen in an humble sphere is thus described : 'AND he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage : At hi» approach Complaint grew mild ; And when his hand unbarred the ghutter^ Tke clammy Up! of Fever... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of Fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cassar-or of Yenus :... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...plann'd them, For all who understood admired, And some who did not understand them. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut, or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of Fever smiled The welcome, which they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julins Ca>sar, or of Venus... | |
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