 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...the gale The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise. T. Gray cxvm THE QUIET LIFE Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body, peace... | |
 | John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...poverty, than others with the empire ol the world. LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH. THE PLEASURES OF RETIREMENT. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blessed... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1863 - 482 pages
...move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know. — MILTON. For Latin Lyrics : THE QUIET LIFE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...ground. 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise. T. Gray ex vi n THE QUIET LIFE HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal...ground. 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 pages
...Hers lift the soul to heaven. ODE ON SOLITUDE. WRITTEN WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD. HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with rmlk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...dead thing ; The victory 's in believing. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 1819 — — American. THE QUIET LIFE. HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...! 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,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...Death! — Dread thing! if such thy visiting, how beautiful thou art! C. BOWLES 319 THE QUIET LIFE HAPPY the man, whose wish and care a few paternal...ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, whose flocks supply him with attire ; whose trees in summer yield him shade, i in winter, fire. Blest,... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...is past retrieving ; Experience is a dumb, dead thing ; The victory's in believing. THE QUIET LIFE. HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...! 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,... | |
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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... 
