 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 - 1856 - Počet stránok 464
...hassocks are well-nigh divorced. FATAL EFFECTS OF EFFEMINACY AND DISSIPATION ON PUBLIC MEASURES. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught 740-1. " An infidel contempt of holy writ Stole by... | |
 | William Cowper - 1859 - Počet stránok 324
...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 threaten'd in the fields... | |
 | William Cowper - 1859 - Počet stránok 76
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. Q-od made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - Počet stránok 712
...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 - Počet stránok 632
...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?... | |
 | 1891 - Počet stránok 556
...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,...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 - 1891 - Počet stránok 204
...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,...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... | |
 | Charles Finch Dowsett - 1892 - Počet stránok 960
...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...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... | |
 | 1895 - Počet stránok 768
...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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - Počet stránok 794
...excelling all the glare The world can boast, and her chief favourites share. COWPER : Retirement. 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... | |
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