 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
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...should gently play To waft us on our homeward way. ORIGINAL. 22 Ode on Solitude. 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 ! Whoseherdewith milk, whose fields withbread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 392 pages
...perceive how long I continued in my passion, for a rural life, and in the same employments of it. 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 - 1822 - 426 pages
...that is, alarmed at the chastity of Lady Elizabeth, which lessened his power. ODE ON SOLITUDE4. HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Whose 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... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...seems to comprehend every thing necessary for man on this side the tomb ; — ODE TO SOLITUDE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres...air, In his own ground Whose herds with milk, whose field with bread. Whose flocks supply him with attire. Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 pages
...perceive how long I continued in my passion for a rural life, and in the same employments of it. Happy the man", whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. 3 The contemplating, reflecting, philosophic turn of mind, for which our Author was afterward so eminent,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 396 pages
...long I continued in my passion for a rural life, and in the same employments of it. Happy the man2, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. * The contemplating, reflecting, philosophic turn of mind, for which our Author was afterward so eminent,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...interest guard ; Mine be the gift of fruit and shade, Your songs be my reward. SOLITUDE. Pope. HAPPY the man whose wish and care, A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air, On his own ground. Whose herds with milk ; whose fields with bread ; Whose flock's supply him with... | |
 | John Collins (merchant.) - 1823 - 404 pages
...land, the produce of which yields him the necessaries of life, feels not the want of money. " Happy the man whose wish and care " A few paternal acres bound ; " Content to breathe his native air, " On his own ground." PoPE. liuen principlo la mitad es hecho.—" A good beginning is half the work... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...I sung the sylvan straitw. ODE ON SOLITUDE. Written »hen the Author кas about Taxlve YearsaUHappy its kind concealment to a few, Their food its insects,...and its moss their nests : Others apart, far in the Blest who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 pages
...beneficial to the poorer neighbours around him. Nothing else I think can excuse our Game Laws. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound...Whose 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 of... | |
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