...before. EDITOR. * Spectator, no. 62. I. A WISH. [First printed in Poetical Btossomes, 2nd edition.] This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...I would have Not from great deeds, but good alone. The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when...

...(kind spirits!) shall all rejoice to see How little less than they exalted man may be. FROM "THE WISH." Doth every beast keep holiday ; — Thou child of joy, Shout round me, let mo hear thy honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill kuown ;...

...additions was an ode containing these fine and thoughtful verses, written at the age of thirteen : — " This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill-known. Rumour can ope the grave : Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number,...

...part, which I hero set down (if a very little were corrected), I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me ; that my means may lie Too low...I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better thau ill known . Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but...

...finished by thy aid, And now my vows have at thy altar paid. 90 ABRAHAM COWLEY, Sylva, 1636. A VOTE. THIS only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone : Th' unknown are better than ill-known ;...

...finished by thy aid, And now my vows have at thy altar paid. 90 ABRAHAM COWLEY, Sylva, 1636. A VOTE. THIS only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone: Th' unknown are better than ill-known ; Rumor...

...VOTE. THIS only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone : Th' unknown are better than ill-known ; 5 Rumor can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number,...

...part, which I here set down (if a very little were corrected), I should hardly now be much ashamed : This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but...

...side by side they show how thoroughly the child was the father of the man. This is the boy's wish : This only grant me : that my Means may lie Too low...would have, Not from Great Deeds, but Good alone, The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when...

...this part which I here set down, if a very little were corrected, I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone; The unknown are better than ill-known: Rumor...