 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...  Horace: Odes and Epodes - Page 453by Horace - 1898 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...fix'd his word, his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns !^ ODE ON SOLITUDE. 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,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 pages
...to love them ever since ; not the less for the knowledge I have since had of things far different. " 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,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 320 pages
...to love them ever since ; not the less for the knowledge I have since had of things far different. " 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,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 pages
...hour !" " For genuine happiness we need not roam ; 'Tis doubtless found with little and at home." " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground." " If the poor are confined to a more narrow... | |
 | William Cross (of Paisley.) - 1846 - 460 pages
...breath to reply, when Stiffriggs and Mr Duncanson were seen coming up the avenue. CHAPTER XXXIII. i Happy the man whose wish and care, A few paternal acres bound, Content to breath his native air, On his own ground."—POPE. At the sight of his new visitors Mr Bacon... | |
 | Disruption, William Cross - 1846 - 462 pages
...Mr Bacon ?" again Robin inquired, ready to act in a moment on the answer, whatever CHAPTER XXXtll. ' Happy the man whose wish and care, A few paternal acres bound, Content to breath his native air, On his own ground." — POPE. At the sight of his new visitors Mr... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Horace Hooker - 1841 - 226 pages
...contentious person. Con tent, a. happy in the enjoyment of what one has, without being uneasy for more. " Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground." " Godliness with contentment is great gain."... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - 1846 - 180 pages
...Heav'n bestows on kings. CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIE'CES. SECTION I. The pleas'ures of retirement. 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... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 pages
...poverty, than others with the empire of the world. LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH. 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,... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...mind Lifts thine on high? To live in hearts we leave behind Ii not to die. — Campbell. {Bern. 3.] Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound.— Pope. What is geography? The description of the surface of the earth. Where is Harry Blonnt ? Fitz-Eustace... | |
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