 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1911 - Страниц: 260
...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,... | |
 | Leon Loyal Winslow - 1922 - Страниц: 362
...in colonial times. 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. From "Paper," by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EXERCISES FOR STUDY AND REVIEW (1) Why was paper invented? (2) For... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - Страниц: 804
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sw«et, 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - Страниц: 412
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet ! She 's fair, while 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,... | |
 | Thomas Augustine Daly - 1926 - Страниц: 172
...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; T is the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1800 - Страниц: 276
...Paper of mankind. Obferve the MAIDEN, innocently fweet ; She's fair White Paper, an unfullied fheet, On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write...more, and only one I'll bring; 'Tis the GREAT MAN, who fcoms a little thing; Whofe thoughts, whole deeds, whofe maxims are his own, Form'd on the feelings... | |
 | 1900 - Страниц: 408
...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, Alfred Howard - 1834 - Страниц: 206
...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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - Страниц: 466
...of mankind. 10. 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. 11. One instance more, and only one, I 'll bring; 'Tis the great man, who scorns a little thing; CXXXVIII.—... | |
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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. 
