 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 914 หน้า
...is there anything better of its kind than the ode to " Contentment ?" " Little I ask; my wants arc few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown...That I may call my own;— And close at hand is such an one, In yonder street that fronts the sun." The many national and patriotic songs offer a most fruitful... | |
 | 1897 - 404 หน้า
...things to the new." — Faitees American Literature. Contentment. " Man wants but little here below." Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as ten; — If Nature can subsist on three,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 หน้า
...embody the subdued and limited desires of my maturity. CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 หน้า
...embody the subdued and limited desirea of my maturity. CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...will do,) That I may call my own ;— And close at band is such a one, In yonder street that fronts tbe sun. Plain food is quite enougb for me ; Three... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 หน้า
...W. HULMKS. " Man icon** but little here Mew." Little I ask ; my wants arc few ; I mily wish a house of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 หน้า
...Depart, — be off, — excede, — evade, — erump ! CONTENTMENT. "Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 หน้า
...evade, — erump ! CONTENTMENT. " Man iranta bnt little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; P I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 932 หน้า
...own peculiar vein. And where is there anything better of its kind than the ode to "Contentment?" " Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such an one, In yonder street that fronts the sun." The many national and patriotic songs offer a most fruitful... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 หน้า
...BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. " Han wants bat little hen below." T ITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; IAI only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
 | 1867 - 530 หน้า
...afterwards, by which he tapers his point.' — Quarterly Review. ' Man wants but little here below.' ' LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three,... | |
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Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone will do), That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me : Three courses are... 
