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 the fields and groves? Poems - Seite 29von William Cowper - 1808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 Seiten
...centring all authority in modes And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into uninspected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, 751 That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into uninspected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town....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 the fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 Seiten
...her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocs are well nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town....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 the fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 338 Seiten
...centring all authority in modes And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....hitter draught, That life holds out to all, should must abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 Seiten
...heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Gud made the country, and man made the town : What wonder then...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 the fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 240 Seiten
...rites Have dwindled into uurespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...holds out to all, should most ahound And least he threatened ih the fields and groves ? Possess ye therefore, ye who, horne ahout In chariots and sedans,... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 248 Seiten
...cent'ring all authority in modes And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....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 the fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 Seiten
...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...virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the hitter dranght, That life holds out to all, should most ahound And least he threatened in the fields and groves... | |
| Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 Seiten
...thebeami Of warm encouragement, and in the eye Of public note, they reach their perfect size. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,...health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bi:ter draught That life holds out ro all,- should most abound And least be threaten d in :he fields... | |
| William Cowper - 1819 - 306 Seiten
...centring ull authority in modes And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into uinnspected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....the country, and man made the town. What wonder then 'hat health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught Tlmtlife holds out to all,... | |
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