 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 Works of Alexander Pope - Sivu 105tekijä(t) Alexander Pope - 1822Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1840 - 372 sivua
...power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns ! ODE ON SOLITUDE. 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... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 240 sivua
...Con tent, a. happy in the enjoyment of what one has, without being uneasy for more. " Happy the mnn whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, 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,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 298 sivua
...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 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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 sivua
...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 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... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 sivua
...genuine happiness we need not roam ; 'Tis doubtless found with little and at home." " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound; 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 sivua
...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 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 ; Bless'd, who... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - 1846 - 180 sivua
...kings. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIE'CES. SECTION I. The pleas'ures of retirement. 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 breaa, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 296 sivua
...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 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 sivua
...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 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... | |
 | 1847 - 556 sivua
...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.)... | |
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