 And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may...  New National First[-Fifth] Reader - Page 173by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1883Full view - About this book
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 pages
...folly finds some mischief still In books, or works, or healthful play. Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last. LESSON XXVI. LET us now go into Mr. Good's charming garden again, and pay another visit to the green-house,... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 258 pages
...MINDS. By several Young Persons. A new edition (just published.) In one volume with 29 engravings. " In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be pass'd ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last. — Walts. THE WARS OF THE JEWS,... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 280 pages
...MINDS. By several Young Persons. A new edition (just published.) In one volume with 29 engravings. " In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be pass'd ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last. — Watts. THE WARS OF THE JEWS,... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1824 - 36 pages
...mischief still For Idle hands to do. , In books, or work, or healthful play, Let tny first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last. SONG XI. i The Sluggard. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, "You've wak'd me too... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 166 pages
...skill, For idle hands to do. 4. In books, or work, or healthful play. Let my first years be past ; 1 That I may give for every day « Some good account at last. WATTSi SECTION V. On early rising. 1. How foolish they who lengthen nigh^ And slumber in the morning... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 pages
...kind Providence, virtue and health. Jn)>doks, or work, or healthful play, Let my first hours be past, That I may give for every day, Some good account at last. SPELLING. — LESSON 29. na-der na'dur oa-kum ovkum pha-sis fa^sls nai-ad nay'ud oa-ten 6'tn phe-nix... | |
 | Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1828 - 306 pages
...ife<*ful ues*. You remember the verse your brother repeated to you the other day ? D. O yes, mother ; " In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first...may give, for every day, Some good account at last." M. Good night, my daughter. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. How do we number time ? Who named the months ? Did... | |
 | 1828 - 188 pages
...or of skill, I would be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. • . In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for ev'ry day, Some good account at last. SPHE SAFETY OF A VIRT.UOTJS COUKSE.... | |
 | Lucy Lyttelton Cameron - 1828 - 140 pages
...labour, or of skill, I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be pass'd. That I may give for every day Some good account at last," And to all your own endeavours to... | |
 | Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1829 - 404 pages
...usefulness. You remember the verse your brother repeated to you the other day ? D. O yes, mother ; " In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first...may give, for every day, Some good account at last." M. Good night, my daughter. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. How do we number time ? Who named the months ? Did... | |
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