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 - 1864 - 622 страници
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made me still the same. Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, th !;ift» That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound... | |
| M A. G - 1865 - 98 страници
...flowers. Will much more care for him." MARY HOWITT. CHAPTER IV. FOREBODINGS. • God made the country, man made the town, What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the hitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
| Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 страници
...joy; and, hid beneath The fair profusion, yellow Autumn spies. Town and Country Life. COWPE1\. 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,... | |
| George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - 1874 - 688 страници
...Who, satisfied with only pencilled scenes, Prefer to the performance of a god. — The Sofa. 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... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 страници
...silent evening skies Together they followed the cattle home. KATE P. OSGOOD. TOWN AND COUNTRY. ODmade the country, and man made the town ; What wonder then, that health and virtue, gifts That can alone makesweetthe biiterdraught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
| William Cowper - 1889 - 632 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 75o That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves?... | |
| William Cowper - 1891 - 204 страници
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are wellnigh 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... | |
| 1891 - 556 страници
...Trips with a smile the breezy scene along And pours the spirit of content in song. Dr. Wolcot. 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... | |
| Charles Finch Dowsett - 1892 - 960 страници
...be forgotten. Even physically this inevitable deterioration is to be seen and felt : — " 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... | |
| 1895 - 768 страници
...fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss. Milton, PL f. 294. 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... | |
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