 | Robert Herrick - 1823 - 346 pages
...punishment. TO KEEP A TRCE LENT. Is this a fast, to keep The larder leane, And cleane From fat of veales and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still...fill The platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an houre, Or rag'd to go, Or show A down-cast look, and sowre ? No : 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1824 - 356 pages
...salute you with friendship and brotherly love. TH: JEFFERSON. To keep a true Lent. liy Uobert Herrick. Is this a fast, — to keep The larder lean, And clean...platter high with fish: Is it to fast an hour. — Or rag'd to go, — Or show A downcast look and sourr No; ,'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, And... | |
 | 1824 - 382 pages
...By Robert Herrick. Is this a fast,—to keep The larder lean, And clean From fat of veals and sheepr Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill...platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour.— Or rag'd to go,— Or show A downcast look and sourr No; 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, And... | |
 | J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...celebrated Herrick. He says : " Is this a fast, to keepe The larder leane, And cleane From fat of Veales and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish ? : No : 'tis a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat, Unto the hungry soule. To show a heart grief-rent... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1825 - 348 pages
...punishment. TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. Is this a fast, to keep The larder leane, And cleane From fat of veales and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still...fill The platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an houre, Or rag'd to go, Or show A down-cast look, and sowre ? No : 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pages
...reader YM TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. Is this a fast to keep The larder leane. And cleane From fat of véales and sheep? . Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet...fill The platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an houre, • i*" Or rag'd to go, Or show A down-cast look, and sowre ? No rj'tis a fast, to dole Thy... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...work, " Noble Numbers.'' Is this a feast to keep, The larder leane, And clean, From fat of véales and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh yet still To fill The platter high with jf*A ? Is it to fast an hour, Or, ragged 'to go Or show A downcast look or snore ? No, 'tis a fast... | |
 | 1831 - 470 pages
...Ruies to keep a true Lent. Is this a fust, to keep The larder leane And cleane, From fat of veales and sheep! Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill Thi platter high with fisli ? Is it to fast an honre, Or ia? 'd to go, Or show A downcast look, andsoure?... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...keep The larder leane. And clcane, From fat of vcalei and sheep ? Is it tn quit the dish Of fiesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish ? Is it to faste an hourc, Or rag'd to go, Or «how A downcast look and sowre ? Wo ; 'tis a fast to dole Thy sheaf... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1836 - 408 pages
...Iviii. by an old English Poet. Is this a Fast, to keep The larder leane And cleane From fat of neates and sheep — Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet...fill The platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an houre, Or ragg'd to go, Or show A downcast look and soure ? No : 'Tis a fast, to dole Thy sheafe of... | |
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