 HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter,...  Selections from the British Poets - Page 2421840Full view - About this book
 | S. S. Hill - Canada - 1837 - 346 pages
...woods, of the same capability as that portion already tilled. This favoured and fortunate man— " Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire ;" was, at home, among the poorest of his calling ; but, he now holds this fair possession, unencumbered... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1837 - 474 pages
...poetical composition, — AN ODE ON SOLITUDE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few patrimonial acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In...Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flock supply him with attire ; Whose trees, in summer, yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...faith, fair hope, long leisure, Days of ease, and nights of pleasure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. eer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace... | |
 | Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 312 pages
...LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1839. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. ' ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire." POPE. AT five o'clock on a dark December evening the family equipage of Monzievar took VOL,. II. B... | |
 | Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 896 pages
...VOL II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MAKLBOROUGH STREET. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. * ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herd* with milk ; whose fields with bread ; Whose flocks supply him with atlirr ; Whose trees in summer... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 pages
...to love them ever since ; not the less for the knowledge I have since had of things far different. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. " Blest who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 320 pages
...to love them ever since ; not the less for the knowledge I have since had of things far different. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. " Blest who can nnconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 pages
...hour !" " For genuine happiness we need not roam ; 'Tis doubtless found with little and at home." " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground." " If the poor are confined to a more narrow circle, yet within that circle lie most of those natural... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...This womanish attire of godly peace, And cry, lie there Lord Cardinal of Guise. Dryilen. D. of Guise. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose...Whose trees in summer yield him shade In winter fire. Pope. Ode on Solitude. Behind these mountains arise, in order, Moscdale-fell — Carrie — mid Cindbeck... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. ODE ON SOLITUDE. Written when the Author was abmit twelve Tears old HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...yield him shade, In winter fire. Bless'd, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, la health of body, peace of mind, Quiet... | |
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