Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And ev'n those ills that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3041850Full view - About this book
| John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 476 pages
...love of country and home. The picture which Goldsmith drew, applies with great justness to them: — " Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...that hill which lifts him to the storms. And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close, and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent... | |
| John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 588 pages
...love of country and home. The picture which Goldsmith drew, applies with great justness to them: " Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...that hill which lifts him to the storms. And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close, and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent... | |
| Periodicals - 1841 - 274 pages
...COTTAGES. Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; • And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the...which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scoring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1841 - 928 pages
...all that gratification of any kind could produce, could make the Swiss forget his native land : — " Dear is that shed to which his soul .conforms, And...hill which lifts him to the storms ; And, as a child by jarring sounds oppress'd, Clings close and closer to its mother's breast, So the loud torrent and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...bed. Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to... | |
| John Close - 1842 - 290 pages
...every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart And even those hills that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his...dear that hill which lifts him to the storms And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent,... | |
| Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pages
...Goldsmith, in his poem of The Traveller. The following is one of the finest passages in that poem: Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, whom scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and... | |
| The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...and stormy glooms invest."* And yet, as the poet truly adds, as the moral to his fine picture : — " Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which left him to the storms ; And as a child when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the... | |
| Christian Gleaner - Gift books - 1844 - 342 pages
...local affection in the mind of a mountaineer : — " And e'en tho»e hills that round his manrion riv, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies ; Dear...conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the stomu ; And as a child, when searing sounds molest. Clings close and closer to the mother's breast,... | |
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