 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 threatened in the fields and groves...  Poems - Страница 40по William Cowper - 1788Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 страници
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks arc well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man...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 страници
...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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 страници
...customs of her own, till Sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and...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... | |
 | 1828 - 32 страници
...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страници
...own, till 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....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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 страници
...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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 страници
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and...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 - 1832 - 602 страници
...rites Have dwindled into unrespccted forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. 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 threatened in... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 958 страници
...which they had so recently been pronouncing the highest and most fulsome eulogy. CHAPTER XII. God made the country, and man made the town ; What wonder, then, that health and virtue, pifts That can alone make sweet the hitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 страници
...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...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... | |
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