 It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest...  The Writer1919Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | University of Calcutta - 1915 - 794 lapas
...improve the mind, And if for truth we labour, we shall End. (6) If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise or rich or great But never can be blest. (o) The only true freeman is the man who loves and serves God ; all others are slaves to sin. (d) He... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1916 - 136 lapas
...It's no in books; it's no in lear To make us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest: Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay That makes us right... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1917 - 362 lapas
...not small Without hill-sidei hum Then much, more learning If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest: Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart aye's the part aye That makes us... | |
 | Frederick Parkes Weber - 1918 - 850 lapas
...all, and that unless the mind has schooled itself to peace by the renunciation of covetous desires, ' We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest.' " This sounds exaggerated, but Horace was both a poet and a philosopher. De PnmdentiA, cap. ii.), which... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 456 lapas
...enjoy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The noblest mind the best contentment has. EDMUND SPENSER If Happiness has not her seat And center in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 200 THE RUNAWAY CANNON VICTOR HUGO This selection is taken from a book called "Ninety-Three," by Victor... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 270 lapas
...titles nor in rank, 'Tis not in wealth like London bank, To make us truly blest. If happiness have not her seat And center in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." 4. But you can not receive affection unless you will also give it. You can not find others to love... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1920 - 390 lapas
...It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat An' centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest; Nae treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay That makes us right... | |
 | Frederick Henry Lynch - 1920 - 204 lapas
...imagine one side. I have lived both, and have learned that "If happiness has not its seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blessed." Beyond a competence for old age, and that need not be great, and may be very small, wealth... | |
 | George McLean Harper - 1922 - 212 lapas
...It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. Nae treasures, nor pleasures Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye That makes us... | |
 | Mrs. Grace (Hastings) Sharp, Mabel Hill - 1922 - 232 lapas
...necessary to make up a worth-while life. "If happiness has not her seat And center in the breast, You may be wise or rich or great, But never can be blest." This old-fashioned verse I suppose means that happiness is a state of mind independent of things and... | |
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