 | 1839
...plough ;" .nd well too might Pope, when a mere boy, say, " Happy the man, whose highest car« A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. " Whose flocks with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose herds supply him with attire ; Whose trees... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...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 in... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 221 דפים
...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
...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
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 252 דפים
...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 - 162 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1847
...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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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... 
