 | Wm. J. Linton - 1883 - 294 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook-side or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly : Nought so sweet as melancholy ! When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 428 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook-side or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, and unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness ; All my joys besides are folly, None so sweet as Melancholy. " When I lye, sit, or walk alone, I sigh,... | |
 | John Milton - 1890 - 566 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook -side or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, and unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly ; Nought so sweet as Melancholy. • * * * Methinks I hear, methinks... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brookside or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly ; None so sweet as melancholy. 4When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh,... | |
 | 1895 - 872 pages
...treasure, like to this." With pleasing thoughts the time beguile Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless And crown my soul with happiness. Or for long quiet talks with one or two -pacing up and down in the cool sweet shade, long ago, in the... | |
 | John Milton - 1895 - 238 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly, None so sweet as melancholy." See Introductory Note to L'Allegro, p.... | |
 | Oswald Crawfurd - 1896 - 494 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook-side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly : Nought so sweet as melancholy ! When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 544 pages
...pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brookside or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly : None so sweet as Melancholy. When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pages
...pleasing thoughts, the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green; Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness ; All my joys besides, are folly; Nought so sweet as Melancholy! When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Gordon Boyle - 1900 - 322 pages
...treasure, like to this.' With pleasing thoughts the time beguile Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless And crown my soul with happiness." Or for long quiet talks with one or two — pacing up and down in the cool sweet shade, long ago, in... | |
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When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness. 
