 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 threatened in the fields and groves...  Poems - Strana 31podľa William Cowper - 1805Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1901 - Počet stránok 756
...And tremble and are stt'll. — RtYant%$ '"•Fa te.it Hvmit Tibbitts, Phfto Tibbitts, Photo 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 threatened in... | |
 | Dietrich Lange - 1899 - Počet stránok 184
...valuable but more expensive books on birds, see the catalogues and advertisements of publishers. GOD made the country, and man made the town ; What wonder,...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 threatened in... | |
 | Estelle May Hurll - 1899 - Počet stránok 514
...choicest gifts are the health and virtue which most abound in the free life of God's country. " 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 threatened in... | |
 | 1899 - Počet stránok 816
...forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town: 750 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 threatened in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - Počet stránok 346
...customs of her own, till Sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are wellnigh divorced. God made the country, and man...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... | |
 | 1900 - Počet stránok 134
...choicest gifts are the health and virtue which most abound in the free life of God's country. " 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 threatened in... | |
 | Arthur Henry Beavan - 1903 - Počet stránok 320
...hopeless under-strata of crime and despair." Truly in such cases one realises the truth of these "God made the country, and man made the town, What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draft That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - Počet stránok 442
...nature and of man. The first book concludes with reflections on the advantages of country life. 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 threatened in... | |
 | 1904 - Počet stránok 208
...give it thought at all, is best expressed in Cowper's well-known lines : God made the country, man 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 threatened in... | |
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