Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure, Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; Thou art the nurse of Virtue, in thine... The Hopes of Matrimony: A Poem-- - Page 27by John Holland - 1822 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...obstinate, arid cure beyond our reach. • Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and...infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup. Thou art the nurse... | |
| 1801 - 446 pages
...satisfaction — Domestic happiness ! thou only bliss Of Paradise, that hast survived the fall! Tho' few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure, Or tasting,...infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops or bitter, which neglect, Or temper, sheds into thy chrystal cup ! COWPER. Having... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...obstinate, and cure beyond our reach. Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and...infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup. Thou art the nurse... | |
| 1802 - 302 pages
...obstinate, and cure beyond our reach. 40 Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and...infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets 45 Unmixt with drops of bitter, which negleft, Or temper, sheds into thy crystal cup. Thou art the... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise, that hast survived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpaired and pure, Or tasting long enjoy thee! too infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cop; Thon art the nurse... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...only bliss Of Paradise, that hast survived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpaired and pure1, Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; * » Thou art the... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...happiness, thon only bliss Of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall! 1'ho' few now taste the uniinpair'd ami hi@ - thv sweets LJnmix'd with drops of bitter, which neglect i)r temper sheds into thy chryslal cup. Thau... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...obstinate, and cure beyond our reach. Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and...infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmix'd with drops of bitter, which neglect, Or temper sheds into thy chrystal cup. Thou art the nurse... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure, Or, tastjng, long enjoy thee ; too infirm, Or too incautious to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup. Thou art the nurse... | |
| Agnes Sophia Semple, Mrs. Marshall, Robert Bloomfield - 1812 - 648 pages
...happiness, thou only bliss Of Paradise, that has survived the fall ! Though tew now taste thee unimpaired and pure, Or tasting long enjoy thee ! too infirm Or too incautious to preserve thy sweets Unmixed with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy chrystal cup ; Thou art the nurse... | |
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