 | Joseph Edwards - 1835 - 240 pages
...flute, And thus — let me break it in twain. EXERCISE V. Ode on Solitude. 1 Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. 2 Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1836 - 290 pages
...COTTON. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The pleasures of retirement. HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1837 - 474 pages
...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 his own ground : Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flock supply him with attire ; Whose trees,... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 896 pages
...COLBURN, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...and nights of pleasure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. ODE ON SOLITUDE. HAPPY the man, whose wish trike, Just Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in... | |
 | Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 312 pages
...PUBLISHER, 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 native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk ; whose fields with bread ; ' Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...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... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...pheasant-shooting e at its prime for those who can devote themselves to rural sports. " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air On his own ground." So wrote Pope at the age of twelve years. Thomson, too, talks of the happiness... | |
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HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter... 
