 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 oldal
...utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing as they shine, " The hand that made us, is i)ivine." the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Bless'd, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - 1846 - 180 oldal
...Heav'n bestows on kings. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIE'CES. SECTION I. The pleas'ures of retirement. 1. HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. 2. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with breaa, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 226 oldal
...contentious person. Con tent, a. happy in the enjoyment of what one has, without being uneasy for more. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Content to breathe his native air In his own ground." " Godliness with contentment is great gain." Con test, n. a striving to overcome by argument, evidence,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 oldal
...perceive how long I have continued in my passion for a rural life, and in the same employments of it7, Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. 7 The contemplating, reflecting, philosophic turn of mind, for which our author was afterwards so eminent,... | |
 | 1847 - 522 oldal
...hope, of happiness may be consummated in rural retirement; for, with the poet, he may think that " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound ! Content to breathe his native air, On his own ground." And the individual may reason that if "paternal acres" be a source of Happiness,... | |
 | 1847 - 556 oldal
...Paterna rura bubus exercet suis, Solutus omni fcenore." Epodon, Car. 2. '• Happy the man whose lot and care A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air In his own ground." Pope. " 0 fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, Agricolas !" Virg. Georg. ii. 458. (Homett, p. 219.)... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 oldal
...long 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...In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mixt ; sweet recreation : And innocence, which most... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 oldal
...Author teas about twelve Yean old. HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, CoDtent to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose...bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose tree* in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Bless'd, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and... | |
 | Rev.H. Musgrave Wilkins,M.A. - 1851 - 300 oldal
...mortal to be enrolled among Deities." END OF TART II. PART III. SAPPHICS. EXEKCISE Oil. ODE ON SOLITUDE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1852 - 456 oldal
...life, the lines of young Pope are probably as applicable to them as any other people on the globe : Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years glide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet... | |
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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,... 
