Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts... THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION - Page 347by The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843Full view - About this book
| William Coxe - Switzerland - 1780 - 502 pages
...And as a child, when fearing founds molcft^ " Clings clofe and dofer to the mother's breajt ; " Sa the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, " But bind him to his native mountains more." Every ftep we now advance is treading, as it were, upon facred ground; as monuments... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...ftorms ; And And as a child, when fearing founds moleft. Clings clofe and clofer to the mother's breaft, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren ftates ailign'd ; Their wants but few, their wiflies... | |
| English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...ftorms ; And as a child, when fearing founds moleft, Clings dole and cloferto the mother's breaft, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren ftates affign'd ; Their wants but few, their wifhes all... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds...the whirlwind's roar, ' But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren states assign 'd; Their wants but few, their wishes all... | |
| John Moore - English fiction - 1789 - 548 pages
...ftprmi, . . And as a child, whom fearing founds moleft, Clings clofe and clofer to the mother's breaft ; So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,' •" •' But bind him to his native mountains more.' > • . - '-• - •"• , "\X7HEN the party was arranged for dining at Portici,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...ftormt; And as a child, when fearing founds molcft. Clings clofe and clofer to the mother's breaft, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren lutes afiign'd : Their wants bur few, their wifhcs all... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...ftorms ; And as a child, when fearing founds moleft, Clings clofe and clofer to the mother's breaft, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren ftates aflign'd ; Their wants but few, their wifhes all... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...ftorms j And as a child, when fearing founds molcft, Clings clofe and clofer to the mother's brcaft; mountains more. Such are the charms to barren ftates alfign'd : Their wants but few, their wiihes all... | |
| Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...ftorms. And as a child, when fearing founds molefl, Clirigs clofe and clofcr to the mother's bread ; So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his nr.tive mountains more. Such are the charms to barren ftates afi fign'd : Their wants but few, their... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...ftorms: And, as a babe, when fearing founds meleft, Clings clofe, and clofer, to the mother's breaft; So, the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more ! Thefe are the charms to barren ftates affign'd ; , Their wants are few, their wifhes... | |
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