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 - Strana 29podľa William Cowper - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Cowper - 1869 - Počet stránok 306
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassacks are well-nigh divorc'i. God 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 - 1820 - Počet stránok 508
...uurespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the towi What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter dranght That life holds out to all, should most abouad And least be threaten'd in tin: fields... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - Počet stránok 314
...own, till sabbath-rites Have dwindled into unrespected 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 AA 3 And least be threaten'd in the... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - Počet stránok 556
...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,...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - Počet stránok 258
...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...hitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves? Possess ye therefore, ye who, borne about... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - Počet stránok 562
...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....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... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - Počet stránok 844
...heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draughts That life holds out to all, should most abound. And least be threaten'd, in the fields... | |
| British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 310
...into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country , arid man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts VOL. II. D That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 450
...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... | |
| British poets - 1824 - Počet stránok 676
...The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind. Hid. God 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 threatened in the fields... | |
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