 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...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Seite 22von Poetry - 1804Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 Seiten
...pheasant-shooting e at its prime for those who can devote themselves to rural sports. " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air On his own ground." So wrote Pope at the age of twelve years. Thomson, too, talks of the happiness... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 Seiten
...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 - 320 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 240 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - 1846 - 180 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1847 - 556 Seiten
...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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