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... The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 215by Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...wat about tmdct Yearr old. HAPPY the man whose wish and care Л few paternal acres bound, ('ontent empire o'er each god and man; f e'er obsequious to thy Juno's will, О power of slumbers ! h \Vhose Hocks supply him with attire; WTioae trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire, liless'd,... | |
| S. S. Hill - 1837 - 346 pages
...woods, of the same capability as that portion already tilled. This favoured and fortunate man— " Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose...Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire ;" was, at home, among the poorest of his calling ; but, he now holds this fair possession, unencumbered... | |
| 1837 - 474 pages
...poetical composition, — AN ODE ON SOLITUDE. Happy the man, whose wish and care A few patrimonial acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In...Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flock supply him with attire ; Whose trees, in summer, yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest who... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 444 pages
...to say for themselves, and impress upon their children — : " Happy the man whose highest care Л few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his...native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whoso fields with bread, 'Whose (lucks supply him with attire.; Whose trees in summer yield him shade,... | |
| Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 312 pages
...LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1839. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. ' ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire." POPE. AT five o'clock on a dark December evening the family equipage of Monzievar took VOL,. II. B... | |
| Harriette Campbell - 1839 - 896 pages
...VOL II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MAKLBOROUGH STREET. THE ONLY DAUGHTER. CHAPTER I. * ' Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herd* with milk ; whose fields with bread ; Whose flocks supply him with atlirr ; Whose trees in summer... | |
| John William Carleton - 1843 - 672 pages
...SHOOTING — TWO ANECDOTES FOUNDED ON FACT — HARK BACK TO THE REIQNS OF THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH HENRYS. " Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air On his own ground.'' So wrote Pope at the age of twelve years. Thompson, too, talks of the happiness... | |
| 1839 - 320 pages
...Tenante the plough ;" .nd well too might Pope, when a mere boy, say, " Happy the man, whose highest car« A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. " Whose flocks with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose herds supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer... | |
| Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine - 1988 - 266 pages
...a home can be a joyous and rewarding experience. CHAPTER TWO REAL ESTATE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres...Content to breathe his native air In his own ground, ALEXANDER POPE Home ownership is truly as American as apple pie. Nowhere else in the world is it as... | |
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