 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
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 страници
...Come we'll e'en to our country-se&t repair, The natire home of innocence and love. Norris. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 страници
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knoes 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 Anil least be tlircaten'd in... | |
 | 1854 - 402 страници
...friendly faces. How truly is it said, and one feels the force of it in rural regions — " 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 threatend in the... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 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 - 1854 - 460 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 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 страници
...rites Have dwindled into unrespectcd 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 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1855 - 280 страници
...tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." " 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 iu... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 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 - 1855 - 298 страници
...rites Have dwindled into uninspected 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... | |
 | House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1855 - 176 страници
...miracle can save them from the consequences of ignorance — -juvenile delinquency. SECTION II. "God made the country, and man made the town, What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts That alone can make sweet the bitter draughts That life holds out to all, should most abound, And least... | |
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