Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts... The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy - Page 38by Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Canning - 1825 - 462 pages
...decides the question truly in the affirmative; and he says, of the inhabitant of those bleak wilds, s Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...lifts him to the storms; And, as a child, when scaring sonnds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 pages
...lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to his mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's...bind him to his native mountains more." GOLDSMITH. " IT has been asserted by a philosopher, that friends cannot meet, after long absence, without feeling... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 pages
...And e'en those hills, that round hi" mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies ; Pear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storm*, And as a child, when scariug sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...storms ; And as a ehild, when searing sounds molest, Clings elose and eloser to the mother's breast, 80 y love most tenderly ; Quarrel with minee pies, and disparage Their best and dearest f Sueh are the eharms to barren states assign'd : Their wants but few, their wishes all eonfin'd. Vet... | |
| Friedrich von Matthisson - 1825 - 406 pages
...that shed, to which his soal conforms , *4nd dear that hill, which lifts him to the storms r ¿4nd as a child, when scaring sounds molest, ¿ Clings close and closer to the mothers breast ; *k So the loud torrent and the whirlwinds roar But bind him to liii native mountains... | |
| John Gamble - 1826 - 374 pages
...it : one might suppose that the physical evils of his situation attached him more strongly to it. " Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...roar, But bind him to his native mountains more." The presbyterian, like the Scotchman, wanders wherever he thinks he can best earn a livelihood : "... | |
| 1903 - 1186 pages
...Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. Line i25. So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more. Line 217. i See Garth, page 295. CBABBE: Tales of the Hall, book Hi. GEAVES: The Epicure. s See Pope,... | |
| Daniel Ricketson - 1903 - 234 pages
...usually insure success. Those of a former generation had much to contend against. XXI "Dear is the shed to which his soul conforms; And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, whom scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's hreast, So the loud torrent, and... | |
| Oliver Corwin Sabin - 1903 - 346 pages
...his humble shed; But calm and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracted fits him to the soil, And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to its mother's breast, . So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains... | |
| Alfred Richard Sennett - 1904 - 608 pages
...heart ; And e'on those hills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And...roar But bind him to his native mountains more."* The difficulty of working out a bare subsistence from his beloved soil, however, frequently necessitates... | |
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