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 fire. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 156by Alexander Pope - 1807 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...poverty, than others with the empire of the world. LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH. The Pleasures of Retirement. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blessed who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...poverty, than others with the empire of the world. LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH. The Pleasures of Retirement. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees .jn summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blessed who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...leisure, Days of ease, and nights of pleasure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. ODE ON SOLITUDE* HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; 6 Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Bless'd, who can unconcernedly find Hours,... | |
| Joseph Edwards - 1835 - 240 pages
...me my Corydon's flute, And thus — let me break it in twain. EXERCISE V. Ode on Solitude. 1 Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,...Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. 2 Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1836 - 290 pages
...bestows on kings. COTTON. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The pleasures of retirement. HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...these, are thine.. ODE ON SOLITUDE. Written when the Author was about twelve Years < HAPPY the man whoae wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. ft Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...wat about tmdct Yearr old. HAPPY the man whose wish and care Л few paternal acres bound, ('ontent empire o'er each god and man; f e'er obsequious to thy Juno's will, О power of slumbers ! h \Vhose Hocks supply him with attire; WTioae trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire, liless'd,... | |
| 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... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 444 pages
...to say for themselves, and impress upon their children — : " Happy the man whose highest care Л few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his...native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whoso fields with bread, 'Whose (lucks supply him with attire.; Whose trees in summer yield him shade,... | |
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