 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 ページ
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten 'd in the fields and groves; •Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne about * In chariots and... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 ページ
...The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind. Hid. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,...holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves. Ibid. Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 ページ
...well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the What wonder then that health and virtue, gifte That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That...groves ? Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne about In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue But that of idleness, and taste no scenes But suth as art contrives,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 ページ
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks arc well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 ページ
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | 1827 - 290 ページ
...when she paints thee thus. -^— ' Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade. p. 53. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? p. 56. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, •. ,•>/ Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 ページ
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten 'd in the fields and groves ; Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne about In chariots and sedans,... | |
 | 1828 - 32 ページ
...of his wife. One day as he was reading aloud to his family, that fine passage in Cowper, " God made the country and man made the town ; What wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts, Which can alone make sweet the bitter cup, Which life holds out to all, should most abound, And least... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 ページ
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...groves ? Possess ye, therefore, ye who, borne about In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue But that of idleness, and taste no scenes But such as art contrives,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 ページ
...sabbath-rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves T Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne about In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue But that of idleness,... | |
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God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves... 
