 Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author - Page 73by Alexander Pope - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Valerie Rumbold - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 342 pages
...Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day, Sound sleep by night: study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation,...let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me dye; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lye. (TE, VI, 3) The first stanza alone raises... | |
 | R. A. Ochse, R. Ochse - Psychology - 1990 - 318 pages
...twelve years he wrote these sad lines, which reveal his strong need to hide himself from the world: Thus let me live unseen, unknown. Thus unlamented...the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ('Ode on solitude') Bereavement A surprising consistent finding in studies of the early life-experiences... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...care A few paternal acres bound. Content to breathe his native air In his own ground: (1. 1 —4) 108 re." (I` . (1. 17-20) AWP; FaFP; FiP; FL; GTBS; GTBS-P; HelP; InvP; NAEL-1; PoRA; Prf; TEP; TrGrPo On a Certain... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...和( 奧德宗) @ Odyssey @ 。 ( 隱居頌> - 詩誼美了大自然和超脫塵世的獨居 生活。 Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented...Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I die. 我願死時亦無人哀悼。 註我從這世界悄悄溜走， 連頑石也不知我在何處躺倒。... | |
 | John William Gardner - Business & Economics - 1984 - 182 pages
...twelve years old — junior high-school-age in this country — when he penned the melancholy lines. Thus let me live unseen, unknown Thus unlamented let...from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. Mozart learned to play the clavier between three and four years of age. Carlyle was only eleven months... | |
 | Ernst A. Schmidt - Authors and readers - 1996 - 500 pages
...peace of mind Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixed; sweet recreation; 1 5 And innocence, which most does please With meditation....die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where 1 lie. 6. Ben Jonson (1929) To the Immortal Memory and Friendship of That Noble Pair, Sir Lucius Gary... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1996 - 876 pages
...Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In healdi of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation,...meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamentod let me die, si«a] from the world, and not a stone Tell wlieje I lie, K 4 SECTION II. The... | |
 | Ismail Serageldin, David R. Steeds - Social Science - 1997 - 444 pages
...paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground. Thus unseen unknown let me live Unlamented let me die, steal from the world and not a stone tell where I lie. Those sentiments are easier to appreciate if you are enjoying an independent income rather than having... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. 8934 'Ode on Solitude' (written when aged about 12) I have no relish for the country: it is a kind of healthy grave. 10881 Letters of Peter Pfymley 8935 Party-spirit ... which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. 8936 A perfect... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...breathe his native air, In his own ground. 'Ode on Solitude' (written c. 1700, aged about twelve) 25 Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented...die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where 1 lie. 'Ode on Solitude* (written r. 1 700) 26 Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees,... | |
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