...poetical composition, — AN ODE ON SOLITUDE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few patrimonial acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In...Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flock supply him with attire ; Whose trees, in summer, yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest who...

...to say for themselves, and impress upon their children — : " Happy the man whose highest care Л few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his...native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whoso fields with bread, 'Whose (lucks supply him with attire.; Whose trees in summer yield him shade,...

...GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1839. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. ' ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his...trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire." POPE. AT five o'clock on a dark December evening the family equipage of Monzievar took VOL,. II. B...

...Tenante the plough ;" .nd well too might Pope, when a mere boy, say, " Happy the man, whose highest car« A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. " Whose flocks with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose herds supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer...

...PUBLISHER, GREAT MAKLBOROUGH STREET. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. * ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herd* with milk ; whose fields with bread ; Whose flocks supply him with atlirr ; Whose trees in summer...

...realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns !^ ODE ON SOLITUDE. HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Bless'd who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace...

...less for the knowledge I have since had of things far different. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his...summer yield him shade, In winter fire. " Blest who can nnconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet...

...in the enjoyment of what one has, without being uneasy for more. " Happy the mnn whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground." " Godliness with contentment is great gain." Con test. n. a striving to overcome by argument, evidence,...

...obtained without struggle, why should we plunge into it ? And I repeated with still greater emphasis — " Blest who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away." To this I added the silliness of supposing happiness more enjoyed by the great and fashionable than...

...need not roam ; 'Tis doubtless found with little and at home." " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground." " If the poor are confined to a more narrow circle, yet within that circle lie most of those natural...